KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) – Conversations between Baptists and Pentecostals are scheduled in December to explore formal dialogue between the two large Christian traditions. Neville Callam, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, announced at leadership meetings July 7 in…
BWA commission urges continued dialogue with Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) — Baptists must continue to dialogue with Muslims around the world in hopes of promoting “peaceful living together,” a Baptist World Alliance commission concluded July 6. Nicholas Wood (left), director of the Oxford Centre for Christianity…
Global Baptists to explore talks with Orthodox and Pentecostals
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists will begin preparatory conversations later this year with representatives of both Orthodox Christianity and Pentecostal churches, aiming for eventual formal theological dialogue with both, a Baptist World Alliance leader announced July 7. BWA general secretary…
BWA commission urges Baptists to continue conversation with Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists must continue to engage Muslims around the world in hopes of promoting “peaceful living together,” a Baptist World Alliance commission concluded July 6. Developing a process by which Christians and Muslims can address and resolve…
Laughter makes worlds overlap says comic pastor
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Humor is both Susan Sparks’ heart and her arms to embrace strangers and implode barriers that would keep them from Jesus. Susan Sparks The stand-up comic who is also a pastor and former lawyer embodies a…
Pastor says God chooses who will be saved
PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist pastor told a California audience June 26 that the notion that God foreknew which believers would freely choose to accept Christ is false. Steve Lawson, pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala.,…
Burmese refugees joyful despite persecution, say visitors
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance President John Upton was part of a seven-member delegation to visit refugees near the border between Thailand and Myanmar while en route to meetings this week in Malaysia. Upton, executive director of…
Missouri Baptist Foundation files second appeal
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — For the second time, the Missouri Baptist Foundation is seeking to appeal a Cole County judge's ruling that could force the institution to return control to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Foundation filed a notice…
Refugees on Myanmar-Thai border joyful despite persecution, says group
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Blooming Night is a Myanmar refugee living just across the Thai border who has spent most of her 50-something years hiding in the jungle. But when she isn’t in actual hiding, she is bringing relief to…
Malaysian Baptists welcome BWA leaders at colorful dinner
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptist World Alliance leaders thanked their Malaysian hosts at an opening dinner that kicked off the BWA’s July 3-9 Annual Gathering in this southeast Asian country. Indigenous Baptists from Malaysia perform a folk dance during the…
Baptists travel to Malaysia for annual meeting
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – Baptist leaders from around the world are traveling this weekend to Malaysia for an annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. More than 300 Baptist leaders and delegates will converge on Malaysia’s capital of Kuala…
ASK THE ARCHITECT: Master plan components
Let’s wrap up this leg of our journey on master planning with a look at the specific components of a master plan. What are they? Over the course of the past several months we have been examining the technical criteria…