by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 10, 2014 | News
First Baptist of Austin is one of the “greenest” churches in central Texas. The church achieved the city of Austin’s Green Business Leaders Program platinum certification award, which was presented to the congregation at the end of February. An...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 9, 2014 | News
FORT WASHINGTON, PA — “Space: the final frontier.” Participants in the North American Baptist Fellowship’s (NABF) “FutureBaptists Convocation” gathered March 6-7 to imagine what missional challenges for Baptists might lie 50 years...
by Chris Hall | Mar 7, 2014 | News
Major celebrations took place in Kathmandu as United Mission to Nepal (UMN), a BMS World Mission partner, marked its 60th anniversary. Nepalese government representatives and other guests joined more than 150 staff at their headquarters in the capital on March 5...
by BWA Staff | Mar 7, 2014 | News
Ilie Coada of Moldova is the 2014 recipient of the Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. The award is given each year by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) to an individual who has made significant and effective contributions to secure, protect, restore or preserve...
by Paul Hobson | Mar 6, 2014 | News
On March 4, the Euro-Asiatic Federation, which brings together many of the Baptist unions that were part of the Soviet Union, including Ukraine and Russia, issued a statement calling for a peaceful negotiation to the situation. Quoting Jeremiah 6:16, it said “it...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 6, 2014 | News
Senate Democrats are divided over the restoration of voting rights for felons, according to The Hill, an agenda pushed by Attorney General Eric Holder. Senators in current re-election races – Sens. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska),...