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March 10, 2017
Medieval Manuscripts Find Beauty in the Bible (CNN) Bible Literacy Course Bills Moves to Kentucky Senate Floor (Richmond Register) U.S. Congressman Cites Jesus, Says the Poor “Just Don't Want Health Care' (Chicago...
A nice evening in Alpharetta
Nurturing Faith Publishing warmly invites you to attend the 17th annual Judson-Rice Award Dinner on Thursday, April 27, honoring educator, author and visionary leader Dr. Kirby Godsey. It will be an evening filled with...
Robert Parham: An Ethicist with a Worldwide View
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) adopted the "Statement on the Crisis in the Nation" in June 1968. This action was championed by state and national denominational SBC leaders. It called on the churches and people...
Missouri Baptist Church Meets Medical Needs in Guatemala
Mission work in Guatemala has been part of my ministry for more than a decade. My interest dates back to 2005 when Bobby Perry, a Churchnet colleague, and I traveled there to meet with Guatemala Baptist Convention...
‘Coyotes’ Aid, Exploit Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants coming to the U.S are often both aided and exploited by "coyotes" - the most widely used term for those who smuggle undocumented immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. Broadly, this term...
March 9, 2017
Farewell, Jesus Junk? Christian Retail Finds a Deeper Purpose (Christianity Today) Texas Panel Advances 'Bathroom Bill' After Testy, Lengthy Debate (CNN) Betsy DeVos' Holy War (Rolling Stone) 'Liberals Like Christ': A...
Up or down?
By John D. Pierce Among the numerous emails that land in my box each day are occasional ones from an older man in Virginia continually touting the evils of homosexuality and dispensing misinformation. He needs another...
Grateful for Prophetic Witness, Pastoral Care, Personal Friendship
If I were to choose one word to describe Robert Parham, it would be unique. He was a unique combination of determined and compassionate, prophetic and pastoral. He spoke his mind about issues of great importance -...
Profiles in Goodwill: Edward Dima
Edward Dima is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Kajo-Keji in South Sudan, president of the Baptist Convention of South Sudan, principal of North East Africa Theological Seminary South Sudan, chairman of the...
Cooks on a Mission Shares Love of Christ Through Food
A passion for food and hospitality combined at Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to make a global impact. In 2010, a group of women combined a love for food, the gift of hospitality and the desire...
March 8, 2017
Dwight McKissick Backs Russell Moore, Warns of Southern Baptist Racial Split (Christian Today) Kansas Evangelical Churches Take on Racial Reconciliation Using 'Biblical Lens' (Christian Post) Christians Turn to...
Wanted: Generous Baptists with Global Vision
A memorable chorus from Cabaret holds that "Money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round -- money makes the world go round, it makes the world go round." The song is not only repetitive, but...
March 7, 2017
Moderate Baptist Ethicist Robert Parham Dies at 63 (Tennessean) Baptist Leader Robert Parham, Who Did Film on Alabama Missionaries, Dies (AL.com) Houston's First Baptist Expanding Downtown (Houston Chronicle) Revised...
Lessons from 17 Years Mining for Truth
The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: "For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline" (2 Timothy 1:7). Robert Parham mined Christian Scriptures for Truth....
Sustaining Ministries Through Indigenous Missionary Support
Local contexts and leadership capacities yield missional content. This principle has shaped the work and witness of Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention (Lott Carey) through the years. We continually learn the...
Average Age of U.S. Protestant Pastors Trending Upward
The average age of U.S. pastors is trending upward, according to a new study released by Barna Group and Pepperdine University, moving from 44 years old in 1992 to 54 in 2017. Currently, 50 percent of all Protestant...
March 6, 2017
Jon Roebuck Battled Racism at His First Church (Tennessean) At New Denver Church, Hope for a Community Where All Will Belong (Denver Post) Muslim Students Tried to Meet with Oklahoma Lawmaker. They Were First Asked:...
BCE Founder Robert Parham Remembered as Entrepreneurial Ethicist
Robert Parham, founder and executive director of Baptist Center for Ethics, died Sunday evening, March 5 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after a prolonged illness. He was 63 and surrounded by his...
Robert Parham (1953 – 2017)
We are sad to report that Robert Parham, founder and director of Baptist Center for Ethics, and its website, EthicsDaily.com, passed away this evening (Sunday, March 5). Please keep his wife, Betsy, his children, Elisa...
March 3, 2017
Nearly 2,000 Clergy, Faith Leaders Sign Amicus Brief in Support of Transgender Protections (RNS) 'Biblical' ETFs Cast Out LGBT-Supporting Companies (Financial Times) Ebenezer Baptist Church Pastor Demands U.S. Attorney...
How Your Church Can Break the Fortress Mentality
A windy Sunday recently introduced a new challenge - keeping the doors of the church closed. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph in San Antonio, Texas, this past January made entering and exiting church on a Sunday morning more...