by Jennifer Harris Dault | Feb 18, 2010 | News
The Crystal Cathedral is pulling its 40-year “Hour of Power” program from eight of its 45 domestic markets in an attempt to avoid financial collapse. From 2008 to 2009, the church saw a 27 percent drop in revenue, which amounts to about $8 million, church...
by Brian Kaylor | Feb 11, 2010 | News
Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Ed Young Sr. recently devoted a sermon to problems he sees with the current American tax system, although he made several inaccurate claims. Young, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Houston, served as president of the Southern...
by Baptist Times Staff | Feb 3, 2010 | News
Nigerian Baptists have asked for prayer following the latest interreligious violence that has left an estimated 500 people dead. The president of the Baptist Women’s Union of Africa, Motunrayo Adegbilero, has written to the Baptist World Alliance in the wake of...
by BWA Staff | Jan 31, 2010 | News
(BWA) – First Baptist Church of Baghdad in Iraq was damaged by an explosion about one third of a mile from the church building. The incident occurred on the morning of Jan. 26 after a suicide bomber drove an 18-wheel truck with explosives into a crowded intersection,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 28, 2010 | News
The third paragraph was updated on Jan. 29, 2010, to confirm the participation of Farhana Swati on the Houston panel. An interfaith documentary airing on ABC-TV stations across the country will be screened at the Turquoise Center in Houston on Sunday, Feb. 21, from...
by Baptist Times Staff | Jan 28, 2010 | News
Sermons are not doing enough to motivate congregations who listen to them. That’s the key finding of a survey carried out for the College of Preachers, commissioned for its 50th anniversary. Of the nearly 200 people questioned, fewer than 17 percent said that...
