A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...
She’d lost her husband to a terrible, slow disease and now had just buried her son. I asked her how she was. “Some days, she said, “I just stand in the middle of my house and scream.” What a wise…
By Bill Webb Humankind has struggled with the matter of mental disorders — or mental illness — as long as people can remember. And the same can be said for Christians, from the time of Christ to the present moment….
By Ken Camp Baptist volunteers along the U.S.-Mexican border are providing temporary emergency care and other services for a sudden flux of unaccompanied children from Latin America who entered the United States without documentation. Federal authorities detained the undocumented children…
By Barry Howard Self-care includes developing and maintaining good physical, spiritual and mental health, a uniquely challenging but crucial discipline for a pastor. While these three areas of wellness are intertwined and inseparable, in my own life and the experience…
By Robert Dilday Washington pastor Kendrick Curry has been named interim executive director/minister of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention. Curry, senior pastor of Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church in the District, will provide leadership until a successor is chosen for…
By Ken Camp David Garland will step down as dean of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary when he assumes the post of interim provost of the university June 1. In February, when Furman University named Baylor Provost Elizabeth Davis as…
