By Jeff Brumley Baptists meeting in Antigua greeted Tropical Storm Isaac’s passage through the Caribbean with humor and determination while Cooperative Baptist Fellowship officials in Florida and other Gulf states prepared for the worst. Isaac caused disruptions including flight cancellations at…
Lott Carey convention set to meet
By Bob Allen The Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention will launch a new pastors’ network to encourage ministerial self-care and share leading-edge ministry models at the group’s 115th annual session Aug. 13-17 in New Orleans. The self-funded network is intended…
Baptist-Pentecostal talks postponed
By Bob Allen Formal dialogue between Baptists and Pentecostals scheduled this week has been postponed due to unexpected personnel changes at the venue and the unavailability of some participants, leaders of both groups announced Aug. 8. Last December a preparatory…
Baptist-Pentecostal talks postponed
By Bob Allen Formal dialogue between Baptists and Pentecostals scheduled this week has been postponed due to unexpected personnel changes at the venue and the unavailability of some participants, leaders of both groups announced Aug. 8. Last December a preparatory…
BWA endorses ethical code for witness
By Bob Allen Baptist leaders from around the world meeting July 2-7 in Santiago, Chile, endorsed a historic joint agreement drafted by Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelicals outlining ethical guidelines for Christian witness amid religious diversity. A 2012 Baptist World…
BWA endorses ethical code for witness
By Bob Allen Baptist leaders from around the world meeting July 2-7 in Santiago, Chile, endorsed a historic joint agreement drafted by Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelicals outlining ethical guidelines for Christian witness amid religious diversity. A 2012 Baptist World…
BWA formally hires leaders
By Bob Allen The Baptist World Alliance formalized appointments of two executive staff members July 6 during leadership meetings in Santiago, Chile. Rothangliani Rema Chhangte, originally from India but who worked most recently for American Baptist Churches USA, begins Aug….
NABF plans 2014 anniversary
By Bob Allen North Americans attending the July 2-7 Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Santiago, Chile, convened Thursday afternoon to preview plans for the 50th anniversary celebration of the North American Baptist Fellowship in 2014. The March 6-7, 2014,…
When is a world organization not a world organization?
Several mornings at the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering as I arrived for worship, I picked up a headset to hear the English interpretation of worship that was held primarily in Spanish, but also in other languages. That had never…