by BWA Staff | Mar 24, 2009 | News
(BWA) More than 120 persons were baptized in the Jordan River on Friday, March 20, by pastors from the Jordan Baptist Convention. The baptisms were the culmination of an afternoon of celebration in which the Baptism Center at Bethany beyond Jordan was dedicated for...
by Linda Brinson | Mar 23, 2009 | News
The “Save Darfur” signs and banners that once sprouted in church yards in America have largely vanished, replaced by notices for some other cause. E-mailed petitions and calls to action that flood the inboxes of Christian activists tend to be about some other problem...
by BWA Staff | Mar 20, 2009 | News
(BWA) A number of Christian and religious groups were convened by the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) at the Kempinski Hotel in Amman, Jordan, on the morning of Thursday, March 19, to discuss common interests and to review plans surrounding the official opening and...
by Linda Brinson | Mar 18, 2009 | News
One of the oldest Protestant mission organizations has become one of the most forward-looking religious groups when it comes to fighting climate change. BMS World Mission in Great Britain, the world’s oldest Baptist missionary-sending organization, is taking direct...
by Bob Allen | Mar 17, 2009 | News
Two years ago Rami Shapiro, a former congregational rabbi for 20 years in Miami who now directs an educational center called One River Foundation, was invited to a Passover seder service at a church in Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he now lives. While impressed by the...
by Bob Allen | Mar 17, 2009 | News
Many Christians say grace at mealtime, but that shouldn’t be the extent of the relationship between their faith and their food. So says Debra Kolodny, executive director of ALEPH, a Jewish Renewal group that recently launched an interfaith Sacred Foods Project...
