October
Study: Young Bible Readers More Likely to Be Faithful Adults
By Bob Smietana, Facts & Trends | October 18, 2017
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Most churchgoing Protestant parents of young adults say their kids grew up to be Christians.
According to a LifeWay Research survey released Oct. 17, the biggest factor predicting their spiritual health as young adults is whether they read the Bible regularly as kids.
October
New Film on Mark Twain Highlights Journey's Impact on His Religious Views
By Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service | October 17, 2017
(RNS) — Mark Twain, a.k.a. Samuel Clemens, didn’t have much of anything good to say about religion, at least the organized kind.
“I have a religion — but you will call it blasphemy,” he wrote in a letter in 1865. “It is that there is a God for the rich man but none for the poor … Perhaps your religion will sustain you, will feed you — I place no dependence in mine. Our religions are alike, though, in one respect — neither can make a man happy when he is out of luck.”
October
Progress Made Toward Ending Child Labor, Millions Still Exploited
By EthicsDaily.com Staff | October 16, 2017
"How much do you know about your favorite cotton T-shirt's journey to your closet?"
This question opened the Department of Labor's annual "Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" report released last week, emphasizing the importance of monitoring supply chains to ensure that consumers do not unknowingly support worker exploitation and child labor through their daily purchases.
October
Center for Congregational Song Launches as Antidote to ‘Worship Wars’
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | October 13, 2017
(RNS) — Praise team leaders, organists, gospel choir members and other lovers of church music will gather in Dallas this weekend to launch the Center for Congregational Song in an effort to counter the “worship wars.”
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who'd been living in a Philadelphia church for nearly a year to avoid deportation to Mexico has walked free.
The maddest I ever saw my childhood pastor during a sermon was when he commented on the clothes that had been donated to our church’s clothes closet – only after all the buttons had been cut off.
John Hardin retired on Sept. 30 as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Missouri Baptist Foundation. Hardin has served the Foundation since 1988 following his service as associate director of the Business Services division of the Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention.October
Calif. Wildfires Rage, Churches 'Jumping into Action'
By David Roach, Baptist Press | October 11, 2017
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (BP) -- Amid Northern California wildfires that have killed at least 13 people and burned more than 1,500 buildings since Oct. 8, Southern Baptist churches have begun ministering and California Southern Baptist Convention disaster relief crews are poised for relief work.
I recently lost a tooth. And the tooth fairy didn’t even bother to give me a quarter — or whatever the going rate is these days.October
Christian Women Gather on National Mall for Day of Prayer
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | October 10, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Twenty years ago, men gathered as “Promise Keepers” and filled the National Mall for a prayer rally seeking repentance and spiritual revival.
On Monday (Oct. 9), it was the women’s turn.
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Sports Crusaders is a sports-based ministry that has reached almost 48,000 campers in sports camps, in addition to international ministry in a dozen countries, an at-risk camp and a weekly radio program. Executive Director Tricia Alberts is interviewed in the September issue of Word&Way.
Faith & Culture
- Study: Young Bible Readers More Likely to Be Faithful Adults
- New Film on Mark Twain Highlights Journey's Impact on His Religious Views
- Center for Congregational Song Launches as Antidote to ‘Worship Wars’
- Christian Women Gather on National Mall for Day of Prayer
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery — Still Riveting After 70 Years
Opinion
- Broken Tooth for Broken Tooth
- A Not-So-Small Kingdom
- The Old Testament. I Love It!
- Bitterness: The Church’s Silent Killer
- Violence Isn’t the Answer
Baptists
- Baptists Urged to “Get in Good Trouble” on Behalf of Oppressed by Civil Rights Icon
- Baptists Mobilize to Help Victims of Hurricane Irma
- Baptists Help Out as Harvey Floods Texas, Louisiana
- Southern Baptists Talk Sex, LGBT Issues at Parenting Conference
- Okla. Church Grows From a Street Corner Among the Homeless
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