by John D. Pierce | Mar 8, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Among the numerous emails that land in my box each day are occasional ones from an older man in Virginia continually touting the evils of homosexuality and dispensing misinformation. He needs another hobby. Like many older persons, and a good number...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 8, 2017 | Opinion
If I were to choose one word to describe Robert Parham, it would be unique. He was a unique combination of determined and compassionate, prophetic and pastoral. He spoke his mind about issues of great importance – immigration, creation care, human trafficking,...
by Mary Splawn | Mar 8, 2017 | Opinion
A passion for food and hospitality combined at Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to make a global impact. In 2010, a group of women combined a love for food, the gift of hospitality and the desire to support the church’s mission endeavors to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion
A memorable chorus fromĀ CabaretĀ holds that “Money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round — money makes the world go round, it makes the world go round.” The song is not only repetitive, but wrong: the earth was spinning...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion
The Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy: “For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline” (2 Timothy 1:7). Robert Parham mined Christian Scriptures for Truth. Once he believed he found it –...
by David Emmanuel Goatley | Mar 7, 2017 | Opinion
Local contexts and leadership capacities yield missional content. This principle has shaped the work and witness of Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention (Lott Carey) through the years. We continually learn the value of this approach through serving,...