By Ircel Harrison The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has a nominee as third executive coordinator of the organization. Once again, the nominee is from Texas, but this nominee is female and a layperson — Suzii Paynter. Prior coordinators Cecil Sherman and…
CBF nominee called ‘person of the moment’
By Ken Camp Leaders of the Atlanta-based Cooperative Baptist Fellowship introduced Suzii Paynter, director of Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission, nominated as the next executive coordinator of succeeding Daniel Vestal, at a press conference Jan. 17. George Mason, pastor of…
Nominee called ‘person of the moment’
By Ken Camp Leaders of the Atlanta-based Cooperative Baptist Fellowship introduced Suzii Paynter, director of Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission, nominated as the next executive coordinator of succeeding Daniel Vestal, at a press conference Jan. 17. George Mason, pastor of…
Bring ye all the tithes into the PayPal
By Bill Leonard On the first Sunday of 2013 we picked up our offering envelopes at First Baptist Church, Highland Avenue in Winston-Salem, N.C. Our pastor encouraged us to do so, noting that some boxes never leave the building. Eschewing…
Bring ye all the tithes into the PayPal
By Bill Leonard On the first Sunday of 2013 we picked up our offering envelopes at First Baptist Church, Highland Avenue in Winston-Salem, N.C. Our pastor encouraged us to do so, noting that some boxes never leave the building. Eschewing…
Robert Griffin III, the Redskins and dying churches
It was awful. It was embarrassing. I couldn’t watch it anymore. My team, the Washington Redskins had started a good fight against the Seattle Seahawks on a recent Sunday night football. The Redskins came out strong and scored 14 points…
Reject conflict. Skip compromise. Embrace collaboration.
I grow tired of hearing politicians talk about achieving common ground without ever seeming to make real progress. I hear people from various political perspectives talk about achieving common ground while acting uncompromising about their positions that actually seem to…
A pastor’s life
By Amy Butler The start of the New Year is always a good time to ponder the deeper issues of life, and lately I’ve been ruminating over whether being a pastor and having a life are two mutually exclusive ideas….
RG3 and dying churches
By Alan Rudnick The Washington Redskins had started a good fight against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night football. The Redskins came out strong and scored 14 points quickly. It was looking like they were a sure win to continue…