DALLAS (ABP) — Dallas Baptist Association recently improved its online CityServe system to link community needs, church resources and volunteers. Congregations and individuals who use the upgraded online resource may appreciate the way the association has made it easier to…
Former Gardner-Webb prof acquitted of prostitution charge
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (ABP) – A Baptist pastor and former Gardner-Webb University professor was found not guilty of misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution July 14. Clinton Feemster Clinton Feemster, 59, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Kings Mountain, N.C., who…
Nigerian Baptist head says government unable to control radical sect
IBADAN, Nigeria (ABP) – The head of the Nigerian Baptist Convention said July 13 that the government is losing credibility over its inability to control a militant Islamic group responsible for bombings of public buildings including police stations and Christian…
KINGDOM VISION: Dreams and missions
Have you ever woken up from a night full of dreams and you just lay there and wonder, “What in the world was that all about, all those crazy dreams?” And you lay there and try to recall what it…
OUT LOUD
“Heliocentrism becomes ‘dangerous’ if it is being propped up as the true system when, in fact, it is a false system. False information leads to false ideas, and false ideas lead to illicit and immoral actions ….” Robert Sungenis Sungenis,…
VITAL SIGNS: The two most dangerous words
Yes, but …. Two of the most dangerous words in a minister’s vocabulary. Two of the most destructive words a congregation will ever utter. Yes, but …. The order of their utterance is important. Bill Wilson First we say, “Yes….
TRENDING: Multiplying life by imitation
“Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith” (Hebrews 13:7, NRSV) Well, Twitter, thanks for re-activating the language of “following” people. Love it (millions)…
Willing workers are drawn by passion, giftedness, calling
Tapping passion and giftedness — and an understanding of every job as ministry — may be the best way to find willing workers to fill those unglamorous and least-recognized posts in church life. Passion springs from a person’s gifts, according…
FIRST HAND: Veterans’ return to Okinawa, Hiroshima sparks memories
Editor’s note: Recently Bruce Heilman, chancellor of the University of Richmond, joined other veterans who had fought in the South Pacific during World War II to revisit the battle sites. With them were a group of students from the College…
HeraldBeat
Transitions ON THE MOVE Bryon LePere, to Buena Vista (Va.) Baptist Church, as pastor. He previously served as pastor of Big Island (Va.) Baptist Church. Bailey Edwards Nelson, to Flat Rock Baptist Church in Mount Airy, N.C., as pastor. David…
EDITORIAL: The new China
Like the blind man who grasped the elephant’s tail and drew the conclusion that all elephants were like snakes, my experience in China is so limited that the better part of wisdom would probably be to refrain from comment. But,…
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To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy & Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World, James Hunter (Oxford) In the early 1990s, James Hunter, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, coined the phrase “culture wars” to describe the…