by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
Affirming and supporting women in all local church ministry positions is a distinctive of the moderate Baptist movement. Sometimes, it takes instances like the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s removal of First Baptist of Jefferson City, Tennessee, from its...
by Garrett Vickrey | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
A man called our church in need of help last week. Craig (not his real name) was making his way from Maryland back home to Los Angeles when he got sick. He has suffered with AIDS for many years. Along the way, he ran out of medication, lost his train ticket and ended...
by Michael Parnell | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
The character of T’Challa / Black Panther has existed in the canon of Marvel Comics since his debut in Fantastic Four No. 52 in 1966. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created him as the first black superhero in the Marvel Universe. They did so with a clear vision of...
by Mitch Randall | Feb 22, 2018 | Opinion
Valentine’s Day was in full swing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Lunch had just ended with lovesick students saying goodbye to their Valentines as they left for afternoon classes. Little did they know, their lives were about to...
by Eileen R. Campbell-Reed | Feb 22, 2018 | Opinion
Women starting out in ministry need space to learn. So do men. All people with a pastoral calling need room to grow into the practice of ministry. Too often, however, a culture of disbelief surrounds well-intentioned churches that call women, undermining and...
by Barry Howard | Feb 22, 2018 | Opinion
People who attend church regularly often are bilingual, usually without realizing it. As a young child, I began noticing that folks who attend church regularly tend to use a “normal” vocabulary throughout the week. When they step foot on the church campus...
