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Campus Crusade adopts new name – ‘Cru’

Published on July 21, 2011

Campus Crusade for Christ announced Tuesday that it is ditching its name in the United States for a new, simplified one -- Cru.... Continue Reading »

First Person: The state of church planting in the SBC

Published on July 21, 2011

At the North American Mission Board luncheon prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix, I shared some important statistics about the state of SBC church planting.... Continue Reading »

First Person: Confessions of a (former) dot-com millionaire

Published on July 21, 2011

It"s March 13, 2000, and you"re in the Big Apple, touring the New York Stock Exchange, meeting with powerful investors, and putting the finishing touches on plans for your triumphal entrance into the marketplace of the world -- Wall... Continue Reading »

This year’s Sturgis rally goal: plant a church for bikers

Published on July 20, 2011

After this year"s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Baptists in the Dakotas want to birth a church.... Continue Reading »

Pornography targeted by state convention

Published on July 20, 2011

"There is an 800-pound gorilla in the church auditorium that most congregations seem to be ignoring," pastor David Krueger said. "That gorilla is pornography.... Continue Reading »

N.Y. clerks opposed to gay ‘marriage’ have lawful options, group says

Published on July 20, 2011

With gay "marriage" now legal in New York, Christian town clerks across the state have feared that they must either sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples or refuse and lose their job.... Continue Reading »

Slums in India spur musician’s witness

Published on July 20, 2011

When Micah Watson came to India for the first time, he never thought he would be back, let alone recording a music video with his band there one year later.... Continue Reading »

FROM THE STATES: Ark., S.C., N.C. evangelism/missions news

Published on July 20, 2011

From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches, associations and state conventions in evangelism, church planting and Great Commission outreach, including... Continue Reading »

A first: Senate confirms openly gay mate judge

Published on July 20, 2011

For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate July 18 confirmed an openly homosexual man to be a federal judge.... Continue Reading »

First person: Reparative therapy, homosexuality and the Gospel

Published on July 20, 2011

Each U.S. presidential election cycle brings its own set of unexpected issues, and the 2012 race already offers one topic of controversy that truly sets it apart -- a debate over forms of therapy that attempt to change an... Continue Reading »

SCBC president mourns loss of son

Published on July 20, 2011

South Carolina Baptist Convention president Sonny Holmes and his wife Harriet are mourning the loss of their son, Brian Eliot Holmes, 33, who died July 18.... Continue Reading »

In war-weary Ivory Coast, churches were a haven

Published on July 19, 2011

It is the day of Pentecost, and pastor Dabilla Kambou stands smiling in front of an armed soldier at a military checkpoint outside Brobo, the village Kambou wants to enter. The pastor is known for his wide grin that... Continue Reading »