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WMU celebrates Jesus’ story in New Orleans

Published on June 19, 2012

"The Story Lives On" -- Woman"s Missionary Union"s 2012-13 theme -- took life through the words of a New Orleans pastor, an International Mission Board missionary and others during the opening session of WMU"s June 17-18 meeting in New... Continue Reading »

Bryant Wright reflects on SBC presidency

Published on June 19, 2012

Bryant Wright has traveled more than 100,000 miles to 16 states and to 10 countries on three continents since his election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention in June 2010.... Continue Reading »

2012 SBC Annual Meeting Program

Published on June 19, 2012

2012 SBC Annual Meeting Program... Continue Reading »

Patterson’s Revelation volume gets SBC preview

Published on June 19, 2012

The long-awaited commentary on Revelation by Paige Patterson for The New American Commentary will be previewed during the Southern Baptist Convention"s June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

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

Published on June 16, 2012

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 »

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

Published on June 11, 2012

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

Published on June 11, 2012

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 »

As African Sahel hunger crisis deepens, pleas for help grow

Published on June 11, 2012

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’

Published on June 11, 2012

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

Published on June 11, 2012

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

Published on June 11, 2012

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 »

Georgia school affirms new direction as faculty resign

Published on June 7, 2012

Shorter University president Don Dowless is defending the university's renewed commitment to Christian principles amid the departure of at least 36 faculty members, a number of whom have refused to sign Shorter's new lifestyle statement.... Continue Reading »