by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 1, 2008 | Opinion
“We never see Jesus until we see him in every face,” said Julie Pennington-Russell, who preached during the Thursday evening session of the New Baptist Covenant celebration.Pennington-Russell, pastor of First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga., said the diverse gathering...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
Churches must recognize the spread of HIV/AIDS as a justice issue and overcome pervasive stigmas about the disease if they are to live out the gospel in their communities, according to panelists at a special interest session on “The HIV/AIDS Pandemic” during the New...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
While participants at the New Baptist Covenant enjoyed rare fellowship with brothers and sisters from different traditions, On Thursday morning they were sharply reminded of needs throughout the world and of Christ’s call to minister to the poor.Tony Campolo’s sermon...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
Students from moderate minded divinity schools are learning from and participating in the New Baptist Covenant meeting in Atlanta. Each session features a student as the scripture reader, and others are serving as ushers (like these guys from Campbell, getting...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
I’ll leave it to others to comment at more length on Jimmy Carter’s speech during the opening session of the “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant.” The speech was quite good and called Baptists to remember what being Baptist means, but my...
