by Mike Smith | Jul 29, 2008 | Opinion
What do you think of when you hear the term church?As a child, I thought of a specific building, a small sanctuary at the intersection of two roads in the heart of my boyhood village. The building even had its name written on it in large, black letters. No doubt about...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 28, 2008 | Opinion
What if we knew that more people are held in slavery today than at any time in recorded history? Some say as many as 27 million.What if we knew that many thousands of girls and women are bought or stolen or tricked or into leaving their homes, then forced to work in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 28, 2008 | Opinion
Participants in the seventh Baptist International Conference on Theological Education focused on practical – but often neglected – theological issues during a lengthy morning session July 28. About 135 educators and interested persons are meeting at the International...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 28, 2008 | Opinion
Participants in a Baptist International Conference on Theological Education – most of them theological educators – engaged in some self-reflection during their Sunday afternoon session at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague.Brian Harris, principal...
by Robert Parham | Jul 28, 2008 | Opinion
When some Indonesian Muslims were looting, demonstrating, making intimidating phone calls and threatening churches in 1998, Muslim women at an Islamic boarding school protected the wife of a Baptist pastor when he was out of the country, showing him the positive side...
by Robert Parham | Jul 28, 2008 | Opinion
Baptist World Alliance leaders repeatedly addressed the issue of climate change last week at their annual gathering in Prague, Czech Republic, even extending deliberations in the final session to strengthen a resolution on the issue. The amended resolution added a...
