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Wade Watts, former missionary to Peru, dies

Former Southern Baptist missionary Wade Watts, who miraculously survived severe brain injuries in a head-on collision in Peru in 1996, died June 6 at his Memphis, Tenn., home.... Continue Reading »

Cigar regulation is topic of Land letter

In a June 15 letter, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, joined the United Methodist Church"s Jim Winkler in asking congressional leaders to oppose a bill that would exempt many cigars from control... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: The Conservative Resurgence & SBC missions

As a pastor since the early 1980s, I have reaped the benefits of men and women who stood for the Word, refused to compromise, and proclaimed the truth that my home church had taught me.... Continue Reading »

Dave Miller to be nominated for SBC 2nd VP

Dave Miller, pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa, will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention during its annual meeting Tuesday-Wednesday, according to an Alabama pastor.... Continue Reading »

SBC DIGEST: At SBC: ‘Folks in more casual attire’

>Messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans might notice fewer leaders in suits again this year, Bryant Wright, the convention"s president, said.... Continue Reading »

S.C. pastor Brad Atkins to be nominated for SBC office

Upstate South Carolina pastor and SCBC president Brad Atkins will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the denomination"s June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

As African Sahel hunger crisis deepens, pleas for help grow

The food crisis in Africa"s Sahel region is expected to remain critical throughout the summer, a United Nations relief official has announced.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: ‘Only God can repay you’

A single mother with four children (right) participates in a village-wide celebration of Southern Baptist relief supplies that should enable them to survive the summer in Africa"s Sahel famine.... Continue Reading »

Council identifies needs of black Southern Baptists

Encouraging stronger churches to partner with declining churches and developing effective mentoring strategies to groom future missionaries, state convention leaders and denominational employees were among the topics discussed during the first meeting of the African American Advisory Council May... Continue Reading »

In Nigeria, bombing of churches injures dozens

Nigerian soldiers were responsible for at least eight of 21 deaths after a suicide bombing of two churches Sunday, June 3, local sources claim, according to a Compass Direct News June 7 report.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Pornography, America’s next moral battleground?

A newly released Gallup poll taking America"s moral temperature finds strong support for fidelity in marriage and increasing respect for unborn life, but in other key areas -- specifically sex outside of marriage and homosexuality -- Americans may have... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: A return to civility in America — the solution’s quite simple

While the national debt, war on terror and a presidential election dominate headlines and newscasts, the decline of civility may be the most ominous issue facing the United States.... Continue Reading »

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