by John D. Pierce | Dec 29, 2015 | News, Opinion
MEDIA RELEASE December 29, 2015 Baptists Today news journal to re-brand as expanded bimonthly Nurturing Faith Journal with new features, upgraded web presence MACON, Ga. — The autonomous, national news journal Baptists...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 28, 2015 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce William T. Neal III is retiring this week as president and CEO of the Atlanta-based but widely effective Developmental Disabilities Ministries (DDM). He’ll hang around a bit as his capable successor Greg DeLoach, who just left the pastorate of First...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 19, 2015 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce An ecumenical service to honor the remarkable life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta was held in an Atlanta-area Baptist church soon after her death in 1997. It was a fitting tribute — that included sisters from her Missionaries of Charity — to the...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 14, 2015 | News, Opinion
By John D. Pierce Some of us were blessed to pass through the theological seminary in old Wake Forest when Randall Lolley was president. You could call it good timing — or just a blessing. Others — in Winston-Salem, Raleigh and Greensboro — benefited from hearing his...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 7, 2015 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The number of “shopping days ’til Christmas” keeps counting down. This narrowing stretch of time tends to bring excitement or frenzy or frustration — or combinations of those feelings and others. Some interesting dynamics take place during this time...
