by Robert Parham | Jul 18, 2012 | Opinion
Mary Meeker was identified by Fortune magazine as “one of the ten smartest people in tech.” She delivered in May a major report on Internet trends at an “All Things Digital” conference. Using slides, Meeker said we need to re-imagine where we...
by Robert Parham | Jul 13, 2012 | Opinion
Nigerian Muslims and Christians were killing one another about the same time that Baptists discussed a resolution on the Nigerian crisis at the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) meeting in Santiago, Chile. According to the Christian Science Monitor, gunmen killed two...
by Robert Parham | Jul 10, 2012 | Opinion
Global Baptists are acutely aware of the reality of global warming and are determined to act. At the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Santiago, Chile, the largest network of worldwide Baptist leaders adopted a resolution that reaffirmed earlier...
by Robert Parham | Jul 5, 2012 | Opinion
Noting that 40 years have passed since the first United Nations conference on environmental issues urged governments to protect the natural environment and advance sustainability, a European Baptist theologian said that the current situation is drastic. Helle Liht,...
by Robert Parham | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
Global Baptists paid homage in Santiago, Chile, to an Englishman, who wrote a book 400 years ago to King James of England, appealing for religious freedom at a time when kings believed that they had the divine right to determine the faith of their subjects. In a...
