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Poll: Voters in both parties back abstinence ed

Published on October 11, 2012

A new national survey reveals widespread support for abstinence education across the political spectrum, with nearly 8 in 10 Democratic parents with school-aged children voicing their approval.... Continue Reading »

Baptists in Turkmenistan beaten & fined

Published on October 11, 2012

Authorities in Turkmenistan continue to crack down on religious freedom, violently raiding a Baptist church, beating an elderly woman and fining 11 Baptists for unregistered religious worship, according to Forum 18, a Norway-based religious freedom monitor.... Continue Reading »

TRUSTEES: SBTS embarks on strategic pla

Published on October 11, 2012

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary"s trustees approved a new strategic plan and voted to form a task force to review the seminary"s administrative structure during their Oct. 9 meeting at the Louisville, Ky., campus.... Continue Reading »

Seminary opens missions mobilization center

Published on October 11, 2012

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary"s new Bevin Center for Missions Mobilization officially opened Oct. 9 during the seminary"s Heritage Week.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Open your hand to the hungry

Published on October 11, 2012

If you are looking for a hunger ministry to support, I encourage you to give to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.... Continue Reading »

Among Mongolia’s nomads, water wells lead to Living Water

Published on October 9, 2012

The World Hunger Fund, a separate fund, provided the money for eight wells for eastern Mongolia nomads and their goat herds. Each well costs $3,250 and will help around 480 people in the Asian country.... Continue Reading »

Church planter reaches Africans in Chicago

Published on October 9, 2012

"God laid on my heart that there are no Ghanaian African Baptist churches [SBC] in all of Chicago," said Aidoo, a North American Mission Board church planter.... Continue Reading »

NAMB to boost planters’ retirement accounts

Published on October 9, 2012

The North American Mission Board is providing a one-time deposit of $1,200 into the retirement accounts of Southern Baptist church planters who have joined its Send North America Support Network.... Continue Reading »

Panel addresses new challenges to inerrancy

Published on October 9, 2012

In a panel discussion concerned with "Revisiting Inerrancy" at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Bruce Ware, a professor at Southern who attended Fuller Seminary during the height of the inerrancy debates in the mid-20th century, explained the conflict of authority.... Continue Reading »

FIRST PERSON: Will Southern Baptists rise to the challenge?

Published on October 9, 2012

Is this how Southern Baptists will be remembered? Will it be said of us that at the hour of greatest need for the Gospel we did not rise to the challenge?... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Why choosing a church is not like choosing a sports team

Published on October 9, 2012

Appealing to people"s commonalities, memories and personal affinities tends to turn churches into a homogeneous conglomeration of spectators instead of a diverse community of Gospel-centered servants.... Continue Reading »

Benghazi hero laid to rest; chaplains comfort families

Published on October 8, 2012

Southern Baptist chaplains participated in the service for retired U.S. Navy SEAL Senior Chief Petty Officer Tyrone Woods who died in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.... Continue Reading »