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Ruminations on the words we use for the strangers among us: Alien, illegal and refugee

For the past six years, I have been involved in loving and serving immigrants through the work of the Immigration Service and Aid Center (ISAAC), a ministry of Texas Baptists. Being a first-generation immigrant, it is not difficult for me…

Roma children get shot at literacy, income with help of CBF field personnel

By Blake Tommey Imagine illiterate first-grade students excited about learning to read. Then picture them learning, on the first day of school, that their teachers and fellow students are speaking and writing in a different language altogether. It doesn’t take…

Record abortion clinic closures impact red and blue states

How the church helps black men flourish in America

Texas Baptist archives gain space, Baylor ties in move to downtown Waco

Church-sex conference: Baptists speak out on gay marriage, transgenderism

Brother arrested in fatal shooting of pastor during Ohio church service

CBF Arkansas first state group to celebrate 25 years

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas celebrated its 25th anniversary in a gathering of leaders and friends Feb. 19 at Second Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark. The event, held in advance of the CBF Arkansas annual gathering April 22-23…

Historically black Baptist college losing president

Arkansas Baptist College President Fitz Hill announced Feb. 24 he is leaving his post Sept. 1, reportedly to transition to a new leadership role with the Arkansas Baptist College Foundation, a fund-raising organization that in recent years has been largely…

Georgia clergy oppose ‘religious liberty’ bill

A diverse group of 272 Georgia clergy have signed an open letter opposing so-called “religious liberty” bills before the state legislature, saying the U.S. Constitution already safeguards their religious liberty. Twenty-nine Baptists, 32 Episcopalians, 31 Jewish rabbis, 42 Methodists and…

Baptists aid Syrians who escaped war only to freeze in refugee camps

The terror and violence became unbearable. At 4 a.m. some two years ago, Yusuf and Fatima Assad gathered their nine children and abandoned their home, possessions and comfort to search for a better life, away from bombings and turmoil. The…

Transitions 02.26.16

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Blake Benge, to First Baptist Church, Pensacola, Fla., as coordinating pastor of missions and ministries. He previously served…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church