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Georgia mission team leaves hope, hearts in Lebanon

Published on August 4, 2006

For most of the congregation, it was a typical Sunday morning service at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church. But for nine members, just back from a short-term mission trip to Beirut, Lebanon, it was anything but typical.... Continue Reading »

Eskimo children enjoy ‘Arctic Edge’ adventure

Published on July 21, 2006

You can't drive to Kiana; there's no road. The only ways in and out of this small Alaskan community in the Arctic Circle are by small charter plane, boat, four-wheeler or snowmobile. But for this one time, in the... Continue Reading »

Firepower won’t solve Mideast strife, say Baptist observers

Published on July 21, 2006

Israel and the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas traded punches this month in a conflict that threatens to deepen into the first regional war in the Middle East since 1973. Israeli warplanes conducted strikes on Hezbollah targets near Beirut... Continue Reading »

Association of Baptist colleges changes name

Published on July 12, 2006

Members of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools (ASBCS), meeting in Charleston, voted June 5 to change the name of the 51-member organization to the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU). Also, Anderson University president... Continue Reading »

Confidence in NAMB ‘not diminished one bit,’ Fish says

Published on July 7, 2006

?I?m here to be of help. I don't care what echelon you?re in,? Roy Fish, interim president of the North American Mission Board, told 200 NAMB staffers during an introductory meeting June 27.... Continue Reading »

World Changers 2006 under way with 22,000 volunteers in 87 cities

Published on July 7, 2006

The immediate goals of the North American Mission Board's World Changers are to rehabilitate sub-standard homes and improve neighborhoods in 87 cities this summer.... Continue Reading »

New IMB study kit seeks to get Southern Baptists ‘on mission’

Published on July 7, 2006

Jerry Rankin has a God-sized vision for Southern Baptists: 10,000 churches working hand-in-hand with missionaries to reach a lost world. And now there's a new tool he hopes will help make it happen.... Continue Reading »

Rainer, Geiger offer simple concept of discipleship in book

Published on July 7, 2006

Look at Apple's iPod or Google's website. Consider Southwest Airlines or Papa John's Pizza. What do these successful companies have in common?... Continue Reading »

BP debuts Frank Page column; SBC.net launches Page site

Published on July 6, 2006

Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page begins a regular series of columns in Baptist Press today, July 5, accompanying a webpage recently launched for him at the Southern Baptist Convention"s Internet site. The Baptist Press column will... Continue Reading »

Crossover reaches wide swath of N.C. tri-city population

Published on June 28, 2006

Whether the person was a motorcycle rider in leather, a cowboy in boots and jeans, a Native American in Indian headdress or a kid in shorts and tennis shoes, the message of Crossover Triad 2006 was clear: Jesus Christ.... Continue Reading »

COSBE adopts Acts 1:8 strategy

Published on June 27, 2006

A proposal for an Acts 1:8 strategy for 2006-07 garnered unanimous support from members of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists during their June 12 business meeting.... Continue Reading »

Compensation study: Ministers’ average salary outpaces inflation

Published on June 27, 2006

Average compensation for full-time Southern Baptist pastors increased more than $3,400 since 2004, according to a biennial ministers? compensation study.... Continue Reading »