By Jeff Brumley The needs for help are flowing in from Baptist disaster response leaders around the nation. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Tommy Deal sent an e-mail blast Wednesday appealing for volunteers who can spare the time and energy to…
BWA leader advocates Christian unity
By Jeff Brumley A Baptist and Eastern Orthodox leader spoke on the aspirations and challenges inherent in Christian unity Tuesday during the 10th assembly of the World Council of Churches being held in Busan, South Korea. Neville Callam, general secretary of…
KBF caravan finds joy, pain in Morocco
By Jeff Brumley What started as a Baptist women’s empowerment tour of Morocco grew into an eye-opening, jaw-dropping education on the painful realities of immigration and human trafficking on the African continent. The October trip arranged by the Kentucky Baptist…
Sermons stretch as biblical literacy wanes
By Jeff Brumley Religious literacy has declined to the point where modern audiences would be baffled at films like Monty Python’s 1979 The Life of Brian, A British Broadcasting Corp. official said recently. Comedians are also affected, Aaquil Ahmed told The…
NABF peers into Baptist future
By Jeff Brumley The North American Baptist Fellowship will focus on the future, not the past, when it celebrates its 50th anniversary next spring. So the organization is now turning to Baptists across the board for help in discerning what…
Chaplain joined Navy to hide from God
By Jeff Brumley The biggest challenge of being a chaplain isn’t always the long hours or never knowing what crisis is right around the corner. Jim Pope says it’s the general assumption by others that chaplaincy isn’t real ministry. Now…
Harnessing youth for disaster work
By Jeff Brumley Pushed to their limits by a busy year of natural and man-made catastrophes, Texas Baptists are raising an army of youth to bolster disaster recovery campaigns across the state and region. It’s called Bounce and is billed…
Immigration up next for Obama, Baptists
By Jeff Brumley With the government shutdown over, Republican and Tea Party leaders say they are primed to battle President Obama over one of his top agenda items, one just as big as health care: immigration reform. But any such…
Ministries blending food and faith
By Jeff Brumley They say an army travels on its stomach. According to the proponents of “creation care,” the same can be said of the church. As they observe World Food Day today, those activists are reporting a dawning awareness…