How can we protect vulnerable members from cyberfraud?

“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...

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Just showing up

I am more convinced than ever that showing up is one of the most important things we can do. As a minister serving a new faith community, I have been faced with many opportunities to be present for a variety…

Dads, sons share call to ministry

By Jeff Brumley The reaction never varies when someone realizes Alan Sherouse is the son of well-known Baptist preacher Craig Sherouse. “They always say, ‘Oh, you’re Craig’s son,’” said Sherouse, pastor of Metro Baptist Church in Manhattan. “I call it…

LifeWay pulls ‘Blind Side’ from stores

By Bob Allen LifeWay Christian Stores will no longer sell videos of “The Blind Side” after a Florida pastor proposed a resolution for next week’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting protesting the sale of a PG-13 movie that contains profanity…

U.S. Baptists support Zimbabwe seminary

By Bob Allen Two U.S. Baptist groups that formerly sponsored a Baptist seminary in Zimbabwe have switched loyalty to a new school started since the 2011 firing of a principal who opposed changes in governing documents that included required adherence…

Forgetting the Bible

By Amy Butler Lately I have been thinking a lot about the Bible. This is not surprising given my line of work, I know, but the truth of the matter is that the Bible sometimes gets lost in the busyness…

Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly on a new stance on immigration reform

Federal lawsuit charges religious freedom commission with discriminating against Muslims

10th anniversary edition of ‘The Purpose Driven Life’ redesigned for Millennials

Pew survey: Doubt of God growing quickly among millennials

The soul of mental health

Hope, despair, joy, sorrow, happiness, sadness, peace, anxiety, detached, attached… all these words in some way describe mental health. For years the term mental illness has been used. Mental illness is a term used to describe other people, but not…