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FROM THE STATES: Ala., Mo., Fla. evangelism/missions news

Published on November 16, 2011

Today"s From the States features items from: The Alabama Baptist, The Pathway (Missouri), Florida Baptist Witness.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: How I wish TV debates on homosexuality would go

Published on November 16, 2011

Just once, I"d like to see a TV interview about homosexuality go more like this:... Continue Reading »

Tom Elliff inaugurated as IMB president & ‘bondservant’

Published on November 16, 2011

It is the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia -- they have given their missions night to the inauguration -- though representatives of Baptist General Association of Virginia, the other convention in the state, also are... Continue Reading »

Ethnic church plants arise in Philadelphia

Published on November 16, 2011

Even the roots of Southern Baptists can be traced to the City of Brotherly Love.... Continue Reading »

HCSB team says translation found ideal balance

Published on November 16, 2011

By the mid-1990s, many Bible scholars, pastors and general leaders had come to believe a new Bible translation was needed.... Continue Reading »

HCSB philosophy impacts Chinese translation

Published on November 16, 2011

In China, a professed atheistic nation of 1.3 billion people, Christianity is growing at a staggering pace.... Continue Reading »

Report: Jailed Iran pastor facing abuse, torture

Published on November 16, 2011

The mistreatment of a pastor in Iran awaiting a decision on his death sentence for refusing to recant his faith amounts to physical and psychological torture, a source close to the pastor"s family said.... Continue Reading »

Faced with gay law, agency ends foster care

Published on November 16, 2011

In a case with huge religious liberty implications, Catholic Charities in Illinois has chosen to drop its lawsuit against the state of Illinois and to end its adoption and foster care programs in light of a new gay civil... Continue Reading »

Christian baker faces boycott for refusal to make cake for lesbians

Published on November 16, 2011

Victoria Childress, the owner of Victoria"s Cake Cottage in Des Moines, has been accused of being anti-gay, homophobic and a bigot after she refused to make a cake for Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers.... Continue Reading »

Kan.-Neb. Baptists leave budget unchanged

Published on November 16, 2011

Kansas-Nebraska Baptists will continue to forward 32 percent of Cooperative Program receipts to national and international missions and ministries after shared expenses.... Continue Reading »

Iowa Baptists add partnership with Mo.

Published on November 15, 2011

Messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa launched a four-year missions partnership with the Missouri Baptist Convention beginning in January.... Continue Reading »

Utah-Idaho Baptists decrease budget

Published on November 15, 2011

Messengers to the 47th annual meeting of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention celebrated the theme "Building for the Future" based on Nehemiah 4:13-20 and approved a decreased budget.... Continue Reading »