By Jeff Brumley They say an army travels on its stomach. According to the proponents of “creation care,” the same can be said of the church. As they observe World Food Day today, those activists are reporting a dawning awareness…
Mohler reflects on 20 years at Southern
By Bob Allen With two decades under his belt as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s flagship seminary, Albert Mohler’s 10-year plan includes writing a systematic theology, according to a 2,800-word story published Oct. 15 in the campus newspaper The…
Baylor student gives life to stranger
By Jeff Brumley Retired maintenance worker Bill Allison of Puxico, Mo., was diagnosed with stage-four leukemia just over two years ago and, being in his 60s, was told his chances of finding a bone marrow donor were slim at best….
Longtime CBF worker Latha Bandela dies
By Jeff Huett Latha Bandela, a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field worker for more than 17 years until 2011, has died at the age of 66. She suffered a brain aneurysm and passed away Friday at an Atlanta-area hospital. In 1994,…
Book says faith overcomes discrimination
By Jeff Brumley It took about a year of legal action, preaching, public demonstrations and letter writing for religious groups to see most of Alabama’s draconian anti-immigrant law overturned. Now that coalition of faith — which includes Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians…
C.J. Mahaney returning to SEBTS
By Bob Allen A Calvinist preacher named in a lawsuit alleging what has been termed the largest evangelical sex-abuse scandal to date is scheduled to speak at an upcoming collegiate conference on the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. C.J….
Retirement marks shift in CBF missions
By Jeff Brumley Arville and Shelia Earl have been eyewitnesses to the historic changes in missionary life the past three decades, first as Southern Baptists then as field personnel with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. But the shifts made possible by…
Jimmy Carter’s pastor moving
By Bob Allen The world’s most famous Sunday school teacher is losing a pastor. Jeff Summers, pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., for eight years, has announced his decision to accept a call to New Hope Baptist Church…
US Baptist joins Kenya peacemaking cause
By Ken Camp A Baptist minister on faculty at a Catholic university recently participated in an international peacemaking initiative in western Kenya. Aaron Tyler, chair of the international relations graduate program at St. Mary’s University, joined an effort to help…