By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist college professor says those families in which the dad stays at home and the wife is the family’s primary breadwinner don’t comport with God’s plan for the family revealed in the Bible. Owen Strachan,…
MMBB head announces retirement
By Bob Allen Sumner Grant, executive director of The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board since 1998, has announced plans to retire after his successor is named. Grant first joined the staff of the MMBB, a nonprofit Christian organization that provides…
MMBB head announces retirement
By Bob Allen Sumner Grant, executive director of The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board since 1998, has announced plans to retire after his successor is named. Grant first joined the staff of the MMBB, a non-profit Christian organization that provides…
Hobby Lobby gives OK Baptists $2 million
By Bob Allen Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby has donated $2 million to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma for purchase of an Assemblies of God youth camp near Davis, Okla. The gift, in addition to more than $3 million given…
Pastor spared abuse trial
By Bob Allen A Baptist preacher arrested in May will not stand trial for sexual assault of a child after a Texas grand jury found insufficient evidence to prosecute. The Ennis Daily News reported Sept. 26 that an Ellis County…
Churches spin off ministry nonprofits
By Jeff Brumley Travis Collins doesn’t need church health experts to know ego and fear can kill creativity and risk-taking in ministry. Collins, senior pastor at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., said he had a “big time” gut…
Neighbors help neighbors enjoy day free of poverty
WASHINGTON — The Convoy of Hope rolled into Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 21 with 35,000 pounds of groceries to assist nearly 2,500 disadvantaged residents in a single day. A fleet of trucks arrived In Washington, with nearly $1 million in…
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WASHINGTON — The Convoy of Hope rolled into Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 21 with 35,000 pounds of groceries to assist nearly 2,500 disadvantaged residents in a single day. A fleet of trucks arrived In Washington, with nearly $1 million in…
Ethicist questions Obama’s faith
By Bob Allen A gap between President Obama’s professed Christianity and the policies he supports raises questions about both his faith and his commitment to immigration reform, a Baptist ethicist said in an online commentary Sept. 24. An EthicsDaily.com article…
Missouri Baptists join Akin bus tour
By Bob Allen Missouri Baptist leaders were on board Sept. 25 when embattled U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin embarked on a four-day bus tour launched on the day of his deadline to withdraw from the Nov. 6 election over controversial…
Missouri Baptists join Akin bus tour
By Bob Allen Missouri Baptist leaders were on board Sept. 25 when embattled U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin embarked on a four-day bus tour launched on the day of his deadline to withdraw from the Nov. 6 election over controversial…
Recipient of free campus has Baptist roots
By Bob Allen A for-profit, Christian university once owned by Arizona Southern Baptists edged out the Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board in a contest for a 217-acre campus in Massachusetts offered free to a deserving Christian charity by…