The move came in response to a motion, passed nearly unanimously by messengers to last year’s SBC meeting, asking officials to study the database idea. Oklahoma pastor and former International Mission Board trustee Wade Burleson requested a feasibility study for…
Texas church targeted for ouster from SBC over homosexuality
Sanderson’s motion, like the one targeting female pastors, was referred to the SBC Executive Committee, which handles the business of the convention during the rest of the year. If eventually approved by the SBC next year, the effect of the…
Radical Islam among 4 apocalyptic forces threatening America, SBC’s Land says
Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, spoke during his agency’s report to the SBC annual meeting in Indianapolis. He saved his toughest words for radical Islam, which he called a “death cult.”…
Caspian more violent than virtuous, scholars say; but what about 3rd movie?
What ensues is a storyline that is noticeably more violent than The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Ralph Wood, professor of Lewis and Tolkien literature at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, noticed the difference between the two movies. He…
SBC resolution could shrink church membership rolls further
The resolution, which reflects the growing influencing of Calvinism in the SBC, comes on the heels of denominational statistics that showed the 16 million-member convention shrinking. Membership fell in 2007 for the second time in a decade. Even more discouraging,…
Central Texas church touches lives of children, families in Macedonia
PRIDDY, Texas — Their church building may be small and unassuming, but the members of Priddy Baptist Church in Priddy, Texas, are making a powerful impact on children living in the ghetto of Skopje, Macedonia. A few years ago, Cooperative…
BWA to build baptism center in Jordan
WASHINGTON (BWA) — The government of Jordan has offered a plot of land to the Baptist World Alliance to build a baptism center. The land offered is closely approximate to the region known as Bethany beyond Jordan, where it is…
Their names may be lost to history, but their stories endure
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Lot's wife and daughters. Two thieves crucified with Jesus. Three Wise Men. They're all iconic figures from the Bible, yet they all have one thing in common. Officially, they have no names. The Bible is riddled with…
Pastor challenges couples to marry
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Daneisha Dunbar was never so happy to see her children cry. But there they were: 13-year-old Jheran, 10-year-old Aryn and 5-year-old Taryn, shedding tears and squealing with joy at the news that their mommy and daddy are…
FAITH DIGEST
Christians accused of hate crime for witnessing. A Muslim community police officer accused two Christian preachers from the United States of a hate crime after they handed out evangelical tracts in a predominantly Muslim area in England. Arthur Cunningham and…
IMB supporters opposed missionary rules
RICHMOND (ABP) — A group of current and former missionaries, former mission-board trustees and pastors is calling for the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board to reverse controversial guidelines for missionaries enacted in 2005. The guidelines prohibit the appointment of…
Chinese church in Richmond aids quake victims
RICHMOND — Although separated by thousands of miles, the Virginia Baptists worshiping at the Grace Chinese Baptist Church of Richmond feel the pain of the homeless in China. Responding to the devastating earthquake which stuck Sichuan Province on May 12,…