“It is not a sanctuary that will help us reach a new generation.”
Robert Jeffress
The pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas was discussing plans to replace the 1891 sanctuary which launched the careers of legendary Baptist pastors George Truett and W. A. Criswell. (ABP)
“The shallow characterization of our current scenario as ‘darkest Africa again rearing its head' is both demeaning and ignorant. Our current state has to do with a mixture of issues now escaping from Pandora's box, including unresolved land disputes, ethnic divisions fanned by opportunistic politics, an insulated and entrenched elite, abject poverty, failed religion, self-serving foreign policy on the part of Western countries that have varied vested interests in this part of the world, and last-gasp efforts of the ‘big man' mentality whose era we hope is on its way out in sub-Saharan Africa.”
Sam Harrell
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship worker, based in Nairobi, was describing the violence that erupted in Kenya following the recent election. (ABP)