by Brian Kaylor | Aug 26, 2013 | News
This story has been revised after being notified that the Kmart and Target companies referenced in the report are Australian companies no longer affiliated with the U.S. companies. Baptist World Aid Australia released a report this month grading fashion companies...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 23, 2013 | News
“It’s difficult to see at the moment how this is going to play out, to be honest.” That’s the frank assessment of the situation in Egypt by Anthony Peck, general secretary of the European Baptist Federation, which oversees member unions not...
by Sarah Stone | Aug 14, 2013 | News
Nine years ago, 78 percent of northern Uganda’s Gulu District were living in abject poverty, internally displaced and dependent on supplies from the World Food Programme (WFP) to even survive. Today, 12 communities in Gulu are selling their excess produce back...
by Baptist Times Staff | Aug 11, 2013 | News
Representatives of the United Kingdom’s Christian denominations, including the Baptist Union of Great Britain, have sent a message of greetings and peace to their Muslim neighbors to mark the occasion of ‘Id ul-Fitr (Eid). Eid is an important religious...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 9, 2013 | News
A high correlation exists between those who don’t go to church but do smoke. “Smoking in the U.S. is highly correlated with religiosity, with those who never attend church almost three times as likely to smoke as those who attend weekly,” reported...
by BMS World Mission Staff | Jul 30, 2013 | News
“If I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree.” Martin Luther is supposed to have said that, which is probably why it gets rolled out so often by evangelical climate campaigners. You can’t argue with Luther. When...
