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Executive Committee recommends changes for mission boards

PHOENIX (ABP) — The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention voted June 13 to recommend to convention messengers meeting June 14 in Phoenix changes to working agreements that will allow the International Mission Board to work directly with internationals…

Church buys apartment complex for intentional ministry

GREENVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — While some churches try to figure out how to gain access for ministry in neighboring apartment complexes, Oakmont Baptist Church in Greenville, N.C., just bought the place. Now the new landlord is moving forward to establish…

Anthony Weiner and spiritual schizophrenia

By Jim Denison Had you heard of Anthony Weiner last month? The New York congressman has served in the House of Representatives since 1999, but most of us didn’t know his name before the lewd pictures he sent to at…

Blessed reunion: United American Free Will Baptists meet for week-long conference

My Old Bible: An Honest Look at Young Faith

Adoptions by Gay Couples Rise, Despite Barriers

Church buys adjacent apartment complex for intentional ministry

Church of England considers News Corp. divestment

Baptist to Jewish Weiner: Christ is the only ‘treatment

Signs of decline mount for Southern Baptists

Doomsayer Harold Camping suffers stroke

Demographics innovator and strategic planning pioneer dies at 87

RICHMOND, Va. — Phillip E. Rodgerson, long-time director of missions and evangelism for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, died Friday morning, June 10, just two weeks shy of his 88th birthday. A native of Norfolk, Va., Rodgerson earned bachelor of divinity,…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system