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With Christians wary of religious freedom under newly elected Egyptian president Mohamed Morsy, a Southern Baptist theologian says God is still in control and encourages Christians to continue to pray.... Continue Reading »

Arizona Head Coach Andy Lopez led his team to Children"s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha on June 19.... Continue Reading »

The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered another setback -- though not a final one -- to the effort to preserve a cross in a southern California veterans memorial.... Continue Reading »

After the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program became an issue in the presidential campaign, the Obama administration finally agreed to preserve the program that provides education vouchers for low-income parents for at least another year.... Continue Reading »

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson invited Southern Baptist Convention messengers to come experience the Dead Sea Scrolls at the seminary during his report to the convention June 19.... Continue Reading »

BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases of interest from other sources.... Continue Reading »

Tears welled up in my eyes when I stood applauding the election of Fred Luter as the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

"We"re planting churches that will continue to reach people year after year after year."... Continue Reading »

Called the "Iron Men of the SBC," some 180 bivocational pastors and their wives from 17 states attended the third annual Bivocational Luncheon Wednesday, June 20, during the SBC annual meeting in New Orleans.... Continue Reading »

The Southern Baptist Convention in 2011 reported an increase in the number of baptisms and total churches over the previous year, but declined in total membership, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by LifeWay Christian Resources in... Continue Reading »

Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $4,909,539, or 3.96 percent, above the year-to-date budgeted goal, and are 1.08 percent behind contributions received during the same time frame... Continue Reading »

?Miss Sarah? is the newest book by R.D. Roberts, a retired businessman and former staff member at several Columbia-area churches. The book is a work of fiction set in the Deep South during the days of segregation. In the... Continue Reading »