“Event participants who show any cold or flu symptoms will be asked to go home, and the area they were occupying should immediately be disinfected.”
For missionaries, coronavirus creates ‘an interesting moment in plagues and pestilence’
Missions agencies are scrambling to respond to worldwide concerns about the coronavirus. Organizations such as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, American Baptist Churches USA and the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board, among others, have kicked into high gear forming contingency…
Switching denominations: Why some Baptist ministers are leaving
“As denominations have declined and become more rigid and doctrinaire, people have gone looking for opportunities in denominations that seem more compatible”
Religion Notes: Amanda Tyler, Bill Leonard team up on history
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-ABC-USA applauds Asian Baptist group
Religion Notes: Many young adults believe while most aren’t so sure
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-American Baptist office on the move
Beware that Santa doesn’t bring dismay, and bad theology, on Christmas
Keeping children in the dark about Santa, and using the Christmas figure to coerce good behavior from them, can be spiritually and emotionally damaging to youth, says Cassandra Carkuff Williams. It’s a message that hasn’t been all too popular over…
Religion Notes: Jimmy Carter, Mercer University celebrate new medical clinic
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Mercer University officials are set to celebrate the opening of a new primary care clinic in downtown Plains, Georgia.
As faith-based activism rises, so does need for advocacy training
Donald Trump’s November victory and January inauguration cast many into despair about the nation’s future and into doubt about its values. But Trump’s presidency so far has also produced at least one upside: to inspire tens of thousands, if not…
Protesting injustice is the modern Baptist’s evangelism, activists say
Like many who grew up Southern Baptist, Betsy Sowers fervently believes evangelism is the answer to the most pressing issues of the day. “I am very Baptist about that,” the Massachusetts resident said. But Sowers doesn’t define evangelism only as talking to…