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Saddleback Ordination Sparks Discussion Over Women Pastors

An ordination service at Saddleback Valley Community Church has reinvigorated an ongoing discussion among Southern Baptists over the title of “pastor” and whether and how that label should be applied to a woman in a ministry context. A post... Continue Reading »

‘Pondering Proverbs’ Is 2-Volume Study Of Biblical Wisdom

Tom Hinkle, pastor of St. John’s Bethel Baptist Church in Moncks Corner, has written a two-volume study guide, “Pondering Proverbs: A Devotional Look at God’s Wisdom” (Courier Publishing, $17.95 per volume). The twin volumes total 752 pages; Vol. 1... Continue Reading »

Moore Leaving ERLC

Russell Moore is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, ending an occasionally controversial eight-year tenure, to take a role with Christianity Today. He will begin a role this summer as public theologian for what the... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist Convention Comes To Nashville’s Music City Center

This year’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will convene June 15 and 16 at the Nashville Music City Center. Generating the most comments has been the election of president. Four candidates will be nominated for president: R.... Continue Reading »

Wilton Pens Book On Spending Saturdays With Billy Graham

Billy Graham’s longtime pastor and friend, Don Wilton, shares personal insights and wisdom gained from his personal times over more than 15 years with America’s pastor in the new book “Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham” (Thomas... Continue Reading »

Altered For Pandemic, Crossover Will Precede Nashville SBC Meeting

For more than 30 years Southern Baptists have focused on working together to serve and reach those in the host city of the SBC annual meeting through an evangelism emphasis called Crossover. This year’s approach in Nashville will differ... Continue Reading »

NAMB Requests SBC College Ministry Assignment Transfer

During their spring meeting, trustees of the North American Mission Board passed a resolution formally requesting that the SBC’s collegiate ministry assignment be entrusted to the organization. The request was made as a result of changes, proposed earlier this... Continue Reading »

Judson College Board Votes To Close School

During its regularly scheduled meeting May 6, the Judson College for Women board of trustees pulled the trigger on what they had hoped wouldn’t happen — a vote to close the 183-year-old Alabama Baptist institution. Eighteen members of the... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Paul Smith Sr.

Paul Montgomery Smith Sr., 84, of Lancaster, died April 27, 2021. He attended the University of South Carolina and was a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of several South Carolina Baptist churches, including Beaver... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Don Bowick

Emmett Donald “Don” Bowick, 82, of Summerville, died April 22, 2021. A native of Charleston, he was called into the ministry at the age of 12 while attending James Island Baptist Church. He was a graduate of North Greenville... Continue Reading »

‘I Kiss You with a Prayer!’: A Father’s Ode to His Girls

First a poem, and now an illustrated book, “I Kiss You with a Prayer!” is a father’s unbridled expression of gratitude for the gift of children in his life. The book opens on a scene of a father on... Continue Reading »

‘6 Yellow Balloons’ is author Rosalie Hall Hunt’s own mission story

From the author who brought to life the intimate stories of historic women of missions comes Rosalie Hall Hunt’s own story, “6 Yellow Balloons,” her memoir of growing up in China as a “missionary kid” and following God’s call... Continue Reading »