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EDITORIAL: What the church can learn from the Trayvon Martin tragedy
If Trayvon Martin had been my son or nephew, I would have been as angry as his family is. Martin is reported to have had his problems, but to wind up dead at the hands of a neighborhood watch volunteer?…
HERITAGE: Discerning the call
In 1904 George White McDaniel was a young promising preacher in Texas. A Baylor graduate, he had completed his theological studies at Southern Seminary in Louisville. Already he was in his third pastorate, serving a church in Dallas. His name…
OUT LOUD
“If every Muslim does that then within a year we will have supplied every person in Germany with a Quran translation and they will not label us as terrorists or radicals or anything else, when they read Allah’s book.” Ibrahim…
LEADERSHIP LINK: Getting started as a new deacon—Questions to ask
in a recent Leadership Link on deacon training, I asked readers to share some of their thoughts about basic training for deacons. Cliff Hudgins of the Pittsylvania Baptist Association believes only about 15 percent of newly-elected deacons receive training. As…
VITAL SIGNS: Creatively outrageous congregations
I recently heard an interview with George Lois, a leader in the advertising world in the 1950s who helped revolutionize the industry. His innovations transformed advertising and made several of his clients into household names. I found his comments about…
OPINION: Living the resurrection
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you ….” We can picture the scene in Luke’s Gospel quite well. After walking with Jesus, hearing his message…
Plunging into poverty: Q&A
By Jeff Brumley San Antonio youth pastor Gavin Rogers is part of a trend of younger adults expressing a need to experience homelessness in order to better serve the homeless, says Neil Donovan, executive director of the National Coalition for…
Camp director convicted of sex crime once worked at Glorieta
By Bob Allen A former Baptist camp director who recently pleaded guilty to a federal sex crime formerly worked at Glorieta Conference Center, Associated Baptist Press has learned. Michael Latham A LifeWay Christian Resources spokesman confirmed April 12 that Mike…
Georgia Baptists rescind grant to women’s health clinic
By Bob Allen The Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation withdrew a $42,000 grant from a women’s health clinic after learning that it dispenses morning-after birth control pills. According to the Rome News-Tribune, the grant was for cervical cancer screening…
False conversions ‘suicide’ for churches, pastor warns
By Bob Allen Thousands, if not millions, of church members sitting in America’s pews aren’t really born-again Christians, a Washington, D.C., pastor said April 10 to a pastors’ conference in Louisville, Ky. Mark Dever Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol…
Five years later, mother of Va. Tech victim finds peace
CENTREVILLE, Va. (RNS)—It’s been five years since Celeste Peterson’s only daughter was killed in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech and she’s finally made peace with God. Which is not to say it’s been easy. The five-year anniversary of the…