By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas has named Arkansas native and recent George W. Truett Theological seminary graduate Megan Pike as the organization’s first assistant coordinator. Pike, whose husband, Marty, serves as minister of children and youth…
Volunteerism, vital for missions, transforms individuals and churches
By Brian Kaylor The leaders of faith-based disaster relief agencies know it as they respond to catastrophic weather in Texas. And so does Greg Morrow, pastor of First Baptist Church of California, Mo. What they and others know is that…
SBC asks Supreme Court to rule against gay marriage
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention called on the U.S. Supreme Court to leave it up to the states to decide whether or not to permit gay marriage in a resolution adopted June 16 in Columbus, Ohio. With a…
SBC ousts another gay-friendly church
By Bob Allen For the second straight year, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has voted to oust a church over homosexuality. The Executive Committee took action June 15 against Weatherly Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala., under a bylaw…
Pray for McKinney while in Dallas, ministers urge CBF Baptists
By Jeff Brumley Baptists and human rights, women in the Old Testament and the benefits of parish nursing are just a few of the topics Fellowship Baptists will be talking about at General Assembly this week. And there’s another topic…
Meeting in Ohio, SBC grapples with numerical decline
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention lost more than 200,000 members last year, according to statistics released just ahead of the 2015 SBC annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Annual statistics compiled by LifeWay Christian Resources, the convention’s publishing arm,…
Students find a framework for saying ‘yes’ to God’s call
by Greg Jarrell Students exploring a spiritual vocation — and looking to discover ways to say “yes” to God’s call — say that a summer program just beginning in five locations around the country will provide the framework they need to begin…
American Baptists seeking buyer for Mission Center
By Bob Allen The American Baptist Churches USA has issued a briefing document to assess interest of potential buyers of the denomination’s national offices in metropolitan Philadelphia. 588 Associates, a corporation tasked with potential sale or redevelopment of the American…
Cyclists churn out hundreds of miles to eradicate hunger
By Kaylie Lowrie Braving hard rains, 29 cyclists joined a 500-mile bicycle ride from the Texas town of Boerne to Dallas to raise money for the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering and awareness about hunger and poverty around the state and world. The…