By Daniel Wallace The problem isn’t that they can’t find jobs. The problem is the jobs they find don’t support their families’ basic needs. Welcome to the plight of America’s working poor. “As long as the economy is struggling the…
Lay leader Steve Tondera dies
By Bob Allen A layman active in the resistance to a conservative faction that won control of the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1980s has died. Steve Tondera, 79, of Huntsville, Ala., died Feb. 13. A former NASA administrator and…
Tebow’s FBC, Dallas, date criticized
By Bob Allen The New York media found headline material in NFL player Tim Tebow accepting an invitation to speak at a Southern Baptist mega-church in Dallas whose pastor has in the past created controversy with public comments on gays,…
Prof honored by ABCUSA
By Bob Allen An assistant professor at Central Baptist Theological Seminary and associate pastor at a Kansas City-area Baptist church will be honored with an award at this summer’s biennial gathering of American Baptist Churches USA. Ruth Rosell, pastor of…
Is God the missing character in ‘Downton Abbey’? The question puzzles some fans
(RNS) — The third season of the megahit PBS series Downton Abbey wraps up on Feb. 17, capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham’s stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzled over the absence…
Campbell Divinity School professor wins prestigious international award for theological studies
BUIES CREEK, N.C. — David Moffitt, an assistant professor of New Testament and Greek at Campbell University Divinity School, is one of 10 young scholars from around the world named recipients of a prestigious international award for excellence in theological…
Drive-thru breakfasts help two Central Virginia churches engage their communities
Fast food restaurants have them, as do banks and pharmacies. So why not churches? That’s what two congregations in Central Virginia — Fork Union Baptist Church and Pioneer Baptist Church in Henrico — thought when they each developed drive-thru breakfasts…
Is God the missing character in ‘Downton Abbey’?
(RNS) — The third season of the megahit PBS series Downton Abbey wraps up on Feb. 17, capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham’s stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzled over the absence…
House passes church-funding bill
By Bob Allen The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Feb. 13 to allow houses of worship damaged by Hurricane Sandy to receive disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, despite warnings by advocacy groups that the…
Passport offers online Lenten series
By Robert Dilday Passport, a 20-year-old student ministry with ties to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is again offering its “Journey to the Cross” Lenten series on its devotional website. The series, which will run through the first week of Easter,…
Baptists mark Ash Wednesday
By Jeff Brumley Baptists are increasingly observing Lent this year if Facebook is any indication, with news feeds filled with announcements of morning, afternoon and evening Ash Wednesday services today. Among the first were the folks at Park Avenue Baptist…
Church, CBF responding to Miss. twister
By Jeff Brumley The images and stories from Hattiesburg, Miss., present the devastation the Sunday’s twister brought to the city. But when finally reached by phone in the Mississippi town, Rusty Edwards had to mention the miraculous. “As far as I…