by Sarah Stone | Jul 29, 2013 | News
You wouldn’t automatically pair music therapy with hearing impairments, but, in Uganda, BMS World Mission worker Bethan Shrubsole is doing just that. “We use the instruments they can feel – they feel vibrations – and we sign songs to the rhythm,”...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 18, 2013 | News
Tommy Haymore and crew waited until May for enough warm days to plant the community garden at their church, Piney Grove Baptist in Mount Airy, N.C. They planted – then got 3 to 4 inches of rain, followed by another inch of hail. With most of the garden gone, they...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 12, 2013 | News
Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officials finally admitted to a lawsuit settlement that they failed to report to members after more than eight months of secrecy. The admission followed an EthicsDaily.com exposé on Monday detailing the settlement. MBC’s...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 7, 2013 | News
Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officials quietly settled last year a lawsuit, agreeing to pay $500,000 to the estate of a deceased businessman. The settlement represents another chapter in a long list of legal defeats in the MBC’s 11-year legal fight against...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 6, 2013 | News
Things are winding down for Baptists gathered in Ocho Rios for the 2013 annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), held July 1-6. For those who might be interested, here are a few highlights from the business sessions. Representatives of new member bodies...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 5, 2013 | News
During the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, several speakers urged Baptists to offer their praise for a 19th-century Baptist deacon and preacher, Sam Sharpe, who played an influential role in ending slavery in Jamaica and...
