In August 2013, same-sex marriage was legal in 13 states and the District of Columbia. By February of this year, Alabama had become the 37th state in which same-sex marriage was declared lawful despite a state constitutional amendment to the contrary that had been adopted by 81 percent of its citizens. During this 18-month period, […]
Multi-ethnic leaders intent on missions
Leaders representing various language and ethnic groups told Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, they would like to be “incorporated” into the totality of Southern Baptist life, not merely “assimilated” as objects of ministry. “We want to be a mission force more than a mission field,” Lennox Zamore, pastor of Ebenezer Memorial […]