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Momentum builds from volunteers’ labor

Published on March 13, 2012

What led Mayner and fellow members of First Baptist Church Concord in Knoxville to travel nine hours to Cleveland was a three-year partnership their church and Gateway Downtown established in October 2010.... Continue Reading »

Hispanic Advisory Council holds first meeting

Published on March 13, 2012

>The effectiveness of cell groups in reaching Hispanics, the need for quality discipleship materials in Spanish and family pressures experienced by Hispanic believers were among the topics discussed at the first meeting of the Hispanic Advisory Council on the... Continue Reading »

African American Advisory Council named

Published on March 13, 2012

An African American Advisory Council has been created to communicate the perspectives of black churches and their leaders to Southern Baptist Convention entity leaders, Executive Committee President Frank S. Page has announced.... Continue Reading »

Pakistan police clear educator of ‘blasphemy’

Published on March 13, 2012

Police resisted intense pressure from Islamist protestors in Pakistan and released in February without charges a Christian educator falsely accused of desecrating the Quran.... Continue Reading »

OBU swimmer dies in campus pool

Published on March 13, 2012

Oklahoma Baptist University freshman Iv?n Maciuniak, a member of OBU"s varsity swimming team, died Friday afternoon, March 9, in the 25-meter pool in the campus Recreation and Wellness Center.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Should churches be tax-exempt? (Yes, and here’s why)

Published on March 13, 2012

The fact that many Americans cannot explain why churches are tax exempt indicates a forgotten history and is emblematic of a society that has systematically devalued the church as a beneficial societal institution.... Continue Reading »

‘Coexist Clemson’ set for March 8

Published on March 6, 2012

The faith community of Clemson is sponsoring "Coexist? The Question of (In)tolerance," an event open to the public featuring apologists Ravi Zacharias and John Njoroge on March 8 at 7 p.m. at Littlejohn Coliseum.... Continue Reading »

Alaska church reaches the world via the Cooperative Program

Published on March 5, 2012

The Delta Junction congregation -- started in 1952 by First Baptist Church of Fairbanks, 100 miles to the north -- has found ways of contextualizing the Gospel for native Alaskans, "subsistence Alaskans" and military personnel while at the same... Continue Reading »

CP ahead of budget for missions support

Published on March 5, 2012

As of Feb. 29, gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the Cooperative Program Allocation Budget totaled $81,622,100.78, or 105.32 percent of the $77,500,000 year-to-date budgeted amount to support Southern Baptist ministries globally and across North America.... Continue Reading »

SHEA: Who speaks for Pakistan minorities now?

Published on March 5, 2012

Today, March 2, is the one-year anniversary of the murder in Pakistan of 42-year-old Shahbaz Bhatti.... Continue Reading »

Children of divorce suffer ‘injustice’

Published on March 5, 2012

It"s only when you get to the macro level and begin to aggregate it all that you can see the clear pattern of the advantage of kids from intact marriages over kids from divorced families," said Patrick Fagan, director... Continue Reading »

Panel defers action on South Carolina’s seminary funding request

Published on March 1, 2012

The two highest-ranking representatives of the South Carolina Baptist Convention say they are disappointed that a key provision in the state's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report won't be embraced by the SBC in the immediate future.... Continue Reading »