By Bob Allen and Robert Dilday Associated Baptist Press and the Religious Herald have agreed in principle to a merger of their operations, creating a new Baptist media platform which leaders of the two news organizations said will enhance the…
CBF ventures into e-learning
By Daniel Wallace The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship today will add the World Wide Web to its stable of ministries and missions with a devotional “e-course.” The digital devotional, which is being offered in partnership with The Upper Room, is titled…
Storms prompt ‘compassion adrenaline’
By Jeff Brumley It’s called “compassion adrenaline” when someone feels a nearly overwhelming urge to help others in need, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Tommy Deal felt a wave of it coming his way Thursday night. As huge, violent storms…
Pastors get tips on burying the dead
By Ken Camp Anxiety about his or her own mortality can hinder a pastor’s ability to minister effectively when a death occurs, a former hospital chaplain said at a recent conference at Baylor University. “We are not immune to the…
Sexuality resource updated, released
By Bob Allen The Alliance of Baptists, Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists, and Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America teamed up to revise and update a congregational resource on human sexuality first released in 2000. The March 2013 edition…
Alliance: Drop Cuba from terror list
By Bob Allen The Alliance of Baptists appealed April 6 to President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism in a State Department annual terror report due out April…
Lawsuit against Baptist camp dismissed
By Vicki Brown Camden County Circuit Court Judge Ralph H. Jaynes has dismissed legal action against Windermere Baptist Conference Center and several financial institutions the Missouri Baptist Convention executive board filed in Camden County on Nov. 1, 2006. The MBC…
Ethicist says drop ‘i-word’
By Bob Allen A Baptist ethicist says it’s time for churches to stop using the word “illegal” when talking about immigration. “Let’s drop the ‘i-word’ in church and community conversations,” Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics,…
Mother’s Day hunger goal $1 million
By John Hall Texas Baptists are seeking to raise $1 million on Mother’s Day for an annual hunger offering that provides relief and aid to hungry people across the state and around the globe. “In the heart of mothers throughout…