by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 10, 2015 | News
Jayzel Jayakaram is president of the Baptist Association of South Africa. 1. Where did you grow up? In a farming community in Glendale and Stanger, in the northern parts of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. 2. What is your favorite story? Why? John 21:1. When all else...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 9, 2015 | News
Neville Callam is the general secretary and chief executive officer of the Baptist World Alliance. Neville’s articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here, and news articles by the BWA staff are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? The...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 9, 2015 | News
“The Baptist Olympics.” Spectacle and pageantry. It’s a striking image, summoned by Joel Gregory, to characterize the upcoming Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa. Gregory, who holds the George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jun 30, 2015 | News
The brutality of human rights abuses committed by terrorist organizations and authoritarian governments was a leading emphasis in a report published last week by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The report contains...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 25, 2015 | News
Southern Baptist leaders have joined politicians and corporations who have suddenly changed course this week by publicly opposing the Confederate battle flag. The shift against the flag comes in the aftermath of a white supremacist executing nine African-Americans...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 23, 2015 | News
Pope Francis released last week a much-anticipated encyclical on the environment, which he titled “Laudato Si” (or “Praised Be”). Some Baptists offered their opinions on the document and its potential impact. Many Baptist leaders, however,...
