KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists must continue to engage Muslims around the world in hopes of promoting “peaceful living together,” a Baptist World Alliance commission concluded July 6. Developing a process by which Christians and Muslims can address and resolve…
Global Baptists to explore talks with Orthodox and Pentecostals
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists will begin preparatory conversations later this year with representatives of both Orthodox Christianity and Pentecostal churches, aiming for eventual formal theological dialogue with both, a Baptist World Alliance leader announced July 7. BWA general secretary…
Malaysian Baptists welcome BWA leaders at colorful dinner
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptist World Alliance leaders thanked their Malaysian hosts at an opening dinner that kicked off the BWA’s July 3-9 Annual Gathering in this southeast Asian country. Indigenous Baptists from Malaysia perform a folk dance during the…
Refugees on Myanmar-Thai border joyful despite persecution, says group
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Blooming Night is a Myanmar refugee living just across the Thai border who has spent most of her 50-something years hiding in the jungle. But when she isn’t in actual hiding, she is bringing relief to…
HERITAGE: The stuff of compassion
In the beginning the Baptist churches were collections of like-minded believers who primarily gathered in what they preferred to call “meeting houses” for worship and secondarily for sustaining fellowship with one another. They also extended Christian concern to the needy…
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Transitions ON THE MOVE Rocky Sutphin, to Mount Hebron Baptist Church, Floyd, Va., as pastor. Andy Oliver, to Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Shelby, N.C., as pastor. Angela Yarber, to Wake Forest Baptist Church, Wake Forest, N.C., as pastor of preaching….
OPINION: Goodbye, Sears!
I am a member of that generation that remembers the big full-color Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog — especially the big Christmas “wish book.” When it arrived, everyone took their turns looking through it. Hardware, clothing, appliances, kitchenware, sporting goods,…
ASK THE ARCHITECT: Master plan components
Let’s wrap up this leg of our journey on master planning with a look at the specific components of a master plan. What are they? Over the course of the past several months we have been examining the technical criteria…
OPINION: The Baptists’ deal in 1776
This is a “Fourth of July article.” It is almost a speech. However, I am not going to ask you to celebrate the facts you already know — for example, about our country’s Revolutionary War and the fighting that went…