by David McCollum | May 20, 2009 | News
Informed of a sale, Ebony’s eyes sparkled like jewels. “Somebody bought my earrings!” she shouted, reflecting a new sense of pride. The earrings on the table at an exhibit in Little Rock at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Assembly of Arkansas...
by Linda Brinson | May 18, 2009 | News
A resolution to affirm the religious heritage of the United States has resurfaced in Congress, sparking a familiar debate about whether America is a “Christian nation.” The Congressional Prayer Caucus, a group of about 40 members of the U.S. House of...
by Linda Brinson | May 15, 2009 | News
Is it enough to be tolerant, or should people of faith make more of an effort to reach out to those who follow other religions? Baptist leaders responded to that question, which was prompted by a new Gallup poll, one of the first major studies of how Muslims fit into...
by Brian Kaylor | May 14, 2009 | News
Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, garnered numerous headlines on May 6 after he publicly denounced waterboarding as torture. Virtually ignored in the discussion of his comments, however, was why he...
by Baptist Union of Great Britain Staff | May 6, 2009 | News
After a passionate speech from an 18-year-old, British Baptists passed a resolution condemning the use of ‘mosquito’ alarms to deter anti-social behavior among young people. The Baptist Assembly, a gathering of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS...
by Carla Wynn Davis | May 5, 2009 | News
Bridgewater Church of Madisonville, La., didn’t have to go far to find a way to engage in God’s mission. This Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) partnering congregation just went down the street. There, the congregation found Dowey-Gaston African...
