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To understand today’s SBC, listen to history

Across America this week, Baptist women are carrying a familiar weight. Some are pastors who have faithfully answered the call of God, only to watch the Southern Baptist Convention debate whether God possibly could have called them. Some are seminary...

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HERITAGE: Death in the family

Dear Zachary, Cassidy and Emily: Across the years I have written several letters addressed to you, my grandchildren, which have appeared in this column. They have covered several different topics. When Zachary was born, I wrote about what it means…

OUT LOUD

“If you saw a woman struck by a car, would you call an ambulance right away? Or would you first ask for her papers to make sure she was not an illegal immigrant?” E. J. Dionne The syndicated columnist was…

ASK THE ARCHITECT: Embarking on a Journey

Greetings to our readers! Today we are beginning a monthly column designed to answer questions church leaders are asking about buildings. Although churches differ in many respects, almost all have buildings. It is what almost every church has in common….

Baptist pastor among dead in Haiti

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (ABP) — Baptists in Haiti mourned the death of a beloved pastor killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake. Gedeon Eugene, a vice president of the Baptist Convention of Haiti, told the Baptist World Alliance that Bienne L'Amerique, 46,…

Passport exports camp concept to Liberia

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — There's nothing unusual about using an obstacle course at summer camp to build trust and teamwork — but it has deeper meaning when the campers spent most of their childhood years growing up in a country…

Pastors need pastors, too

By Amy Butler When I left seminary, I was just dying to get into a pastorate so I could try out all the good ideas that had been germinating through all those hours and hours of sitting in a seminary…

Pat Robertson, Haiti and the devil, Part I

(Editor’s Note: This is the first of three special opinion pieces by ABP Senior Columnist Jim Denison on Pat Robertson’s comments about the Haitian earthquake disaster. Denison’s regular FaithLines column will continue to be published every other Monday, with the…