by BWA Staff | Aug 20, 2009 | News
(BWA) – Baptists in Taiwan and around the world are assisting victims of Typhoon Morakot, which made landfall in the southern part of the island just before midnight on Aug. 7. By Aug. 18, 126 people have been confirmed dead, but government officials expect the death...
by Carla Wynn Davis | Aug 19, 2009 | News
A handful of Roma teenagers were just beginning to believe they could dream big dreams for their lives. But those dreams – of overcoming the stereotypes and expectations of being born a “Hungarian Gypsy” – are now at risk. The New York Times recently...
by David McCollum | Aug 18, 2009 | News
Something interesting and delightful happened out of a chaotic situation in Helena, Ark. Ben Newell, a field worker in the Together for Hope Project of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, had a stack of school uniforms to separate into individual packages and...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 10, 2009 | News
Prominent Southern Baptist blogger Wade Burleson encouraged those present at a Baptist unity gathering to treat fellow Baptists with respect and civility even when there are disagreements over theological or methodological issues. Other speakers at the Midwest...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 7, 2009 | News
Baptists of various races gathered Thursday in Norman, Okla., for a discussion that a prominent Southern Baptist African-American pastor called “courageous, prophetic and appropriate.” Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington,...
by BWA Staff | Aug 6, 2009 | News
(BWA) – Recent violent outbreaks in Nigeria led the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) to pause during its General Council meeting in Ede, Netherlands, to offer prayer for the most populous country in Africa. More than 800 persons were reportedly killed during the latest...
