by Stuart Blythe | Jan 5, 2017 | Opinion
The Baptist World Alliance encourages Baptist churches throughout the world to observe a Human Rights Sunday each year. This is the Sunday in December closest to Dec. 10, which is Human Rights Day. This year the BWA encouraged: “During this year’s...
by Blake Hart | Jan 5, 2017 | Opinion
It is nearly impossible to talk about immigration in the church, especially in the South. While speaking with a pastor about beginning immigrant legal ministries in churches, his comment to me was, “I don’t see you starting this kind of ministry in any...
by Valerie Carter Smith | Jan 4, 2017 | Opinion
Day and night, he orchestrated her every move. She was told when to sit, stand, come and go. She was also told whom she would provide sexual favors for, what she would do, when, where and for how long. She, like many others through the ages, got caught in the business...
by Colin Harris | Jan 4, 2017 | Opinion
The phenomenon of “fake news” has heightened our awareness of the influence of distorted expressions of reality on many levels and in many areas of life. The blatant and deliberate misrepresentations have become easier to spot, and we marvel at how easily...
by Rupen Das | Jan 4, 2017 | Opinion
The Syrian crisis is a seminal moment in history, requiring the international community to take stock of how it responds to such conflicts. I explained previously how Syria is the defining humanitarian aid crisis of our time and how it is not another war. Here, I...
by David Crocker | Jan 3, 2017 | Opinion
The Operation Inasmuch ministry has equipped and motivated congregations to minister to people in need in their own communities for 20 years. God has used the Inasmuch model of community ministry to mobilize nearly 2,000 congregations and tens of thousands of...
