by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 12, 2019 | News
A sea of red, blue and purple shirts enveloped the Texas Capitol steps on Monday, March 11, as music from a public school band greeted the energized crowd. Teachers, administrators and public school advocates gathered to urge lawmakers to pass legislation increasing...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 11, 2019 | News
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) stopped a six-year slide in contributions with a 10 percent growth in gifts during 2018. However, General Secretary Elijah Brown cautioned executive committee members gathered March 4-6 in Falls Church, Virginia, that one year’s growth...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 6, 2019 | News
Aurelia Davila Pratt is the lead pastor of Peace of Christ Church in Round Rock, Texas. Where did you grow up? In a little town in rural north Louisiana, called Homer (population: 2,874). What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? One of my favorite...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 5, 2019 | News
Only 35 percent of the world’s children have social safety net protections available to them, according to a joint report published Feb. 6 by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Significant disparities exist by...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 1, 2019 | News
A disconnect exists in U.S. Protestant congregations between leaders affirming responsibility for ministry to immigrants regardless of documentation and churches actually doing so, according to a LifeWay Research report published Feb. 20. A strong majority (76...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 27, 2019 | News
Lone Møller-Hansen is general secretary of the Baptist Union of Denmark. Where did you grow up? In Randers, Jutland, Denmark, in a small Baptist congregation, where my parents were engaged, and I became a Girl Scout. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the...