It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that lingers long after the sun has risen. We all know this midnight. It is the midnight of the marriage...
By Jeff Brumley A gay, married man in Springfield, Va., believes his childhood Baptist roots and conservative Christian upbringing will help him convince homosexuals estranged from the church that the Bible isn’t out to get them. Dave Farmer says his…
By Jeff Brumley The flooding that killed at least three Coloradans and forced the evacuations of thousands of others also menaced downtown Boulder churches and their members. Pastor Bob Ballance of Pine Street Church told ABPnews today that nearby roads and…
By Bob Allen Stephen Reeves, director of public policy and counsel for the Texas Baptist Life Commission, has been named associate coordinator of advocacy and partnership for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. An attorney, Reeves will focus on collaboration with Fellowship…
By LuAnne Nickell Prevost October 2007 was a monumental time for my family. That was when we received the official diagnosis my father had dementia that would lead to Alzheimer’s disease. As we researched the causes of this disease it…
Whenever I’m asked to describe my job as a professional Christian, I usually stammer something along the lines of: “I talk about God for a living.” Or, if I’m feeling especially cynical: “It’s mostly marketing, some plagiarism, and a bit…
Seminary on $3 per day? I had a great seminary experience in the 1970s. I matriculated for nine years, and earned three degrees. The total cost I paid for my seminary education was under $10,000, which was just less than…
By Bob Allen About 140 people have visited Atlanta in the last four weeks for implementation of a new leadership structure adopted last year following a two-year study on ways to improve the 22-year-old Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s effectiveness and reach….
