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‘Can the Lord count on you?’ Luter asks Southern Baptists

Published on February 28, 2013

Fred Luter challenged Southern Baptists to follow Jesus and be known for evangelism, discipleship and concern for the lost, in his presidential address to the SBC Executive Committee in Nashville.... Continue Reading »

Ministry fair at Army base connects faith & military to help soldiers, families

Published on February 14, 2013

Heather Junkin was putting 9-month-old Adelynn to bed when the sound rang out, perhaps a vodka bottle that had crashed to the floor. The young military wife rushed to the hallway to see her husband Justin lying on the... Continue Reading »

Russia’s adoption ban penalizes orphans

Published on January 17, 2013

Russia's ban on adoptions by American parents, considered a retaliatory response to U.S. sanctions against Russia for human rights abuses, will instead punish vulnerable orphans languishing in the foreign country, Christians at the forefront of the issue fear.... Continue Reading »

Voters retain death penalty in Calif.

Published on November 8, 2012

The death penalty remains on the books in California after residents there defeated an initiative to replace it with life imprisonment without parole.... Continue Reading »

Bakkan oil field fuels need for church plants in Dakota region

Published on October 29, 2012

That"s why the church planter who came to Williston from Canada more than two years ago is corralling support by hosting a Bakkan Oil Field Summit Nov. 12-14, hoping to attract partners and support for church planting.... Continue Reading »

Death penalty repeal is on Calif. ballot

Published on October 29, 2012

California will vote Nov. 6 whether to repeal its death penalty and replace the maximum punishment for murder with life in prison without parole.... Continue Reading »

Biracial church planter hailed 200 years later

Published on October 1, 2012

>In the same year the Southern Baptist Convention has elected its first African American president, historians are hailing the work of a former slave who established the first Baptist church west of the Mississippi River.... Continue Reading »

2 congregations lay claim to 1st Baptist church west of Miss.

Published on October 1, 2012

Both congregations say they are the church Willis founded in 1812 in Bayou Chicot and are celebrating their bicentennials this year, each laying claim as the oldest Baptist church in Louisiana.... Continue Reading »

Luter vows to help SBC’s entities reach Kingdom goals

Published on September 20, 2012

Fred Luter Jr. pledged to work with all Southern Baptist Convention entities to accomplish their Kingdom goals in his first presidential address to the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 17 in Nashville, Tenn.... Continue Reading »

Homeless Christians give $69.40 to missions

Published on September 13, 2012

A $69.40 offering by a group of homeless Christians in Vermont reminds a local Baptist leader of the widow's two mites that Jesus commended in the Gospels.... Continue Reading »

Homeless Christians give $69.40 to mission

Published on August 30, 2012

A $69.40 offering by a group of homeless Christians in Vermont reminds a local Baptist leader of the widow"s two mites that Jesus commended in the Gospels... Continue Reading »

Calvin Miller, author, pastor, prof, dies at 75

Published on August 30, 2012

Seminary professor, theologian and best-selling Christian author Calvin A. Miller died Aug. 19 of complications following open heart surgery. He was 75.... Continue Reading »