Baptist News Global
Sections
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Curated
  • Podcasts
    • Stuck in the Middle With You ↗
    • Madang with Grace Ji-Sun Kim ↗
    • Highest Power: Church + State ↗
    • Non-Disclosure: The Silenced Stories of Kanakuk Kamps Survivors ↗
    • Change-making Conversations ↗
  • Storytelling
    • Faith & Justice >
      • Charleston: Metanoia with Bill Stanfield
      • Charlotte: QC Family Tree with Greg and Helms Jarrell
      • Little Rock: Judge Wendell Griffen
      • North Carolina: Conetoe
    • Welcoming the Stranger >
      • Lost Boys of Sudan: St. John’s Baptist Charlotte
      • Awakening to Immigrant Justice: Myers Park Baptist Church
      • Hospitality on the corner: Gaston Christian Center
    • Signature Ministries >
      • Jake Hall: Gospel Gothic, Music and Radio
    • Singing Our Faith >
      • Hymns for a Lifetime: Ken Wilson and Knollwood Baptist Church
      • Norfolk Street Choir
    • Resilient Rural America >
      • Alabama: Perry County
      • Texas: Hidalgo County
      • Arkansas Delta
      • Southeast Kentucky
  • More
    • Contact
    • About
    • Donate
    • Associated Baptist Press Foundation
    • Planned Giving
    • Advertising
    • Ministry Jobs
    • Subscribe
    • Submissions and Permissions
Donate Subscribe
Search Search this site

OUT LOUD

NewsReligious Herald  |  September 17, 2008

“We're here to show Christ's love, be servants and witness to the lost using chainsaws as our tools to open doors.”

Steve Cabler

The member of First Baptist Church in Bartlesville, Okla., was part of a disaster relief team working in Baton Rouge, La., in the aftermath of recent hurricanes. (BP)

 OutLoud

“Just because he's a Democrat and I'm a Republican is no reason we can't worship and serve together.”

Jay Love

Both the state representative from Montgomery, Ala., who is a Republican candidate for Congress, and his opponent, Montgomery mayor Bobby Bright, a Democrat, are members and deacons at First Baptist Church in Montgomery. (RNS)

“They have expanded and gilded the cage in which people of religious faith operate in the People's Republic of China, but it's still a cage.”

Richard Land

The president of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, who serves on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, was talking about the relative increase of religious expression in China. (RNS)

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • More
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram
  • Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
Tags:2008 Archives
More by
Religious Herald
  • This BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of Greenville, S.C.

    • What is democracy?
    • The church as school for democracy
    • Democracy as the practice of loving our neighbors
    • Democracy and religious freedom
    • Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system
    • Love of neighbor is a democratic ideal
    • Democracy offers a way for Christian’s to express God’s will
    • Democracy: A political response to human sinfulness

  • Get BNG headlines in your inbox

  • Check out our podcasts

     

     

    Stuck in the Middle
    With You

     

    Madang
    With Grace Ji-Sun Kim

     

     

    Highest Power
    Church+State

     

     

    Non-Disclosure:
    The Silenced Stories
    of Kanakuk Kamps Survivors

     

    Change-making
    Conversations

     

     

  • Politics • Faith • Resistance: by Greg Garrett

    BNG interview series on the state of faith, politics and resistance in our nation.

    See also Greg’s series on Politics, Faith and Mission

     

  • Featured

    • What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

      Analysis

    • Insufficient

      Opinion

    • 6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

      Analysis

    • Pilate asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’

      Opinion


    Curated

    • Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

      Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

    • NY gubernatorial candidate says Brad Lander would be a ‘camp guard’ for Nazis if he could

      NY gubernatorial candidate says Brad Lander would be a ‘camp guard’ for Nazis if he could

    • Usha Vance’s Reason Why She Hasn’t Converted To Hubby’s Religion Has Internet Gobsmacked

      Usha Vance’s Reason Why She Hasn’t Converted To Hubby’s Religion Has Internet Gobsmacked

    • Pope Leo urges outward-looking church at meeting of world’s cardinals

      Pope Leo urges outward-looking church at meeting of world’s cardinals

    Conversations that Matter.

    © 2026 Baptist News Global. All rights reserved.

    Want to share a story? We hope you will! Read our republishing, terms of use and privacy policies here.

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • RSS
    • 129