by Robert Parham | Jul 28, 2004 | Opinion
SEOUL, South Korea–The Christian community is undergoing a paradigm shift away from the primacy of missionary-sending agencies toward centrality of the local church as the hub for missions, said an Australian Baptist at this week’s Baptist World Alliance...
by Robert Parham | Jul 27, 2004 | Opinion
SEOUL, South Korea–Baptist leaders gathering in South Korea for the annual meeting of the Baptist World Alliance foresee a bright future for the organization, despite the withdrawal of its largest member body, the Southern Baptist Convention–and the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 26, 2004 | Opinion
SEOUL, South Korea–Baptist leaders from around the world gather this week in Seoul for the first time since the Southern Baptist Convention voted in June to withdraw from the Baptist World Alliance, the largest international body of Baptists with some 211 member...
by Robert Parham | Jun 29, 2004 | Opinion
Moderate Baptists and Jews face each other today in some ways as Esau and Jacob faced each other after their rupture years earlier over the blessing of their father Isaac. We are uncertain. We are not sure what to do. We are unclear about what steps to take. During...
by Robert Parham | Jun 21, 2004 | Opinion
Last week’s Southern Baptist Convention ensures that Southern Baptists will become known as the “ugly Americans” around the world. The SBC elected a new president who is widely known for his allegiance to an American general who framed the war on...