A medical mission turned “Mission Impossible” when a Baptist couple from Houston tried to leave Peru as it closed its borders to combat COVID-19. “It was absolute, utter chaos,” Ruth Campos, 74, said of the scenes around Lima and its…
Empty pews just the beginning of coronavirus impact on churches, those they serve | #intimeslikethese
Behind every canceled church gathering in the age of the novel coronavirus is likely to be a faithful-though-frazzled pastor. Their stress emanates from having to decide between the physical and spiritual health of the congregation they serve.
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Speaker at Baptist college warns that Marxist thought is creeping into SBC seminaries
A conservative Christian ethicist told students at a Baptist college March 2 that Marxist ideologies have gained a foothold in at least two of the six seminaries owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention.
Coronavirus ripples turn to waves for faith-based groups
“Event participants who show any cold or flu symptoms will be asked to go home, and the area they were occupying should immediately be disinfected.”
Transitions for the week of 3-13-20
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Pam Durso, to Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Shawnee, Kansas, as president, effective June 1. For the past…
Are Baptists coming around on the Holy Spirit? (Do they need to?)
“I was surprised how often (Baptist newspapers) cited holiness folks.”
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Bob Allen, BNG news editor since 2008, to leave March 31
“Throughout his career as a reporter and editor, Bob has been devoted to faith-centered journalism practiced with integrity and excellence.”
Tornado in ‘the buckle of the Bible Belt’ takes toll on houses of worship
Tornadoes that destroyed more than 140 buildings Tuesday night in middle Tennessee left their mark on a number of religious landmarks in Nashville, a city sometimes called the “buckle of the Bible Belt.”
Tennessee twisters move Baptists into short- and long-term disaster response
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is standing by to help after storm-induced tornadoes killed at least 24 people and damaged close to 150 buildings, including several churches, in Middle Tennessee early Tuesday morning. CBF’s expertise is in long-term recovery that typically…
For missionaries, coronavirus creates ‘an interesting moment in plagues and pestilence’
Missions agencies are scrambling to respond to worldwide concerns about the coronavirus. Organizations such as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, American Baptist Churches USA and the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board, among others, have kicked into high gear forming contingency…