by John D. Pierce | Jun 20, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The Georgia Baptist Mission Board is on a mission. But it may not be the one you’d expect. A recent letter to pastors of affiliated churches from J. Robert White, executive director of the statewide Southern Baptist organization long known as the...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 16, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The 2016 Southern Baptist Convention is formally opposed to racism. Good for them. Is late better than never? Sure. But as comedians, musicians and baseball hitters tell us: timing is very important. Southern Baptist leadership would be taken more...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 14, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce A headline in today’s online Atlanta Journal-Constitution jumped off the digital page: “There’s still time to register your child for vacation Bible school.” It seemed more like a headline from The Catoosa County News in 1967 than a major...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 10, 2016 | Opinion
Many persons of a variety of religious backgrounds – including this Baptist editor – are alarmed by Georgia Baptist editor Gerald Harris’ insinuation that America’s guarantee of religious freedom should be limited for Muslims. Atlanta...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 7, 2016 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce, Executive Editor, Nurturing Faith Journal Many persons of a variety of religious backgrounds — including this Baptist editor — are alarmed by Georgia Baptist editor Gerald Harris’ insinuation that America’s guarantee of religious freedom should be...
