By Bob Allen The head of a group that supports atheists and freethinkers in the military says new guidelines banning Southern Baptist chaplains from leading or attending wedding ceremonies for gay service members will prevent chaplains from performing many of…
Baptist group to ‘wage peace’ in Palestine
By Bob Allen A pastor who ministers among a shrinking Palestinian Christian population in the city where Jesus was born is the scheduled keynote speaker for a Nov. 8-10 conference titled Waging Peace and Justice in Palestine at Calvary Baptist Church…
HERITAGE: Working the short row
Charles A. Moore, pastor of Warfield Baptist Church in Brunswick County of Southside Virginia, is a long-timer in pastoral ministry who admits, “Like they say in the country, I am working the short row now.” On Sept. 15, Warfield Baptist…
REVIEW: John Lewis’s “March” is a great story of a true American hero
Congressman John Lewis is at the center of a new graphic novel, March, the first of three volumes which focus on Lewis’s work in the civil rights movement. Using the occasion of President Obama’s first inauguration, March tells the beginnings…
OPINION: Implication or assertion
To me, this week’s news has been fodder for just about full-on depression. Reports of uncertainty and confusion surrounding Syria alternate with images of Miley Cyrus’s antics at the Video Music Awards, messing with my head a little bit —…
VITAL SIGNS: Are we flying our churches into the ground?
Spatial disorientation is the condition in which an aircraft pilot's perception of direction does not agree with reality. It typically results from flying into poor weather conditions with low or no visibility. Under these conditions the pilot may be deprived…
TRENDING: Attention strategies
In her turn-of-the-century work with Apple and Microsoft, tech veteran Linda Stone was on the front edge of developing new “attention strategies” for living and working in a hyper-connected, always-on world. With the state of “continuous partial attention” now our…
OPINION: Who do we root for?
The news and images coming out of Egypt seem to get bleaker every time the news comes in. The revolution that began in Tahrir Square two years ago with such promise and hope for positives has devolved into a civil…
More Baptists hitting the gridiron
By Jeff Brumley The excitement around Mercer University football, which resumes Saturday after a 72-year hiatus, has been off the charts. Season tickets sold out long ago and the stadium was redesigned mid-construction to add thousands of extra seats. Athletic…
Infants-in-hell question concerns editor
By Bob Allen A Baptist state newspaper editor has questioned whether the report of a Calvinism study committee implies that some high-profile Southern Baptist leaders believe that infants who die before reaching the so-called “age of accountability” are destined for…
NABF retools disaster response
By Jeff Brumley Members of the North American Baptist Fellowship’s Disaster Response Network, meeting in Texas this week, decided on a leadership structure they hope will provide greater continuity and flexibility to the group’s operations. The group also agreed its…
CBF church planter dies
By Bob Allen A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church planter and adjunct professor at McAfee School of Theology died Aug. 27. Gwen Brown, 59, was founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Snellville, Ga., which began as a Bible study in her…