It’s hard to beat the power of look-‘em-in-the-eyes personal contact for effective communication. However, that’s not always an option in our electronic-saturated culture. I was reminded of that in the last couple of weeks, thanks to a a couple of articles, Star Trek and a scam.September
Survey Shows More Pastors Preach about Abuse in #MeToo Age
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | September 18, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — Half of Protestant pastors say they preach to their churches about domestic and sexual violence, an increase from four years ago, when only a third said they raised the issue, a new survey from LifeWay Research shows.
September
Disaster Relief Effort Ramps Up as Florence Floodwaters Rise
By David Roach, Baptist Press | September 17, 2018
WILMINGTON, N.C. (BP) -- Rising floodwaters have cut off the supply chains of some Southern Baptist Disaster Relief efforts following Hurricane Florence, and others are increasingly threatened. But that's not slowing down ministry to North Carolina communities hit by the storm.
September
Gregg Hemmen Called to Serve as ABC Regional Executive Minister
By American Baptist News Service | September 17, 2018
VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS)—The American Baptist Churches of the Central Region called the Rev. Dr. Gregg Hemmen to serve as its next Executive Minister at a meeting of the region’s Board of Directors on Saturday, September 8.
September
Rocket Scientist Finds Formula for Church Planting
By Brian Blackwell, Baptist Message | September 17, 2018
HOUMA, La. (BP) -- NASA's Clifton Arnold is a rocket scientist with a successful formula for church planting.
"You get them in the door with music, you keep them in the house with teaching," Arnold, who planted Kingdom Life Fellowship in Houma, La., in 2016, told the Baptist Message. "People go to churches where they like their worship style and their teaching is solid."
September
Will Graham: It’s ‘Daunting’ to Portray His Famous Granddad in ‘Unbroken’ Sequel
By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | September 14, 2018
(RNS) — One night under a big tent at Billy Graham’s legendary 1949 Los Angeles crusade, his altar-call invitation was heard by ex-POW Louis Zamperini.
The rest — including the evangelist’s rise to fame and the former Olympian's Christian conversion — is history.
September
‘Fat and Faithful’: A New Book Probes the Spirituality of Body Image
By Jacob Lupfer | September 13, 2018
(RNS) — As a teenager, J. Nicole Morgan was fond of her reflection in the mirror. She liked her eyes and her smile. But then she looked at her arms and stomach and reminded herself that she was not pretty and could not possibly be the person God made her to be.
September
Faith-Based Disaster Relief Teams on Standby as Florence Nears
By Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service | September 13, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — On top of all the state and federal disaster relief groups readying for Hurricane Florence as it barrels toward North and South Carolina are a group of expert helpers: the faith teams.
September
Baptists Prepare for Hurricane Florence Response
By Brandon Elrod, North American Mission Board | September 12, 2018
CARY, N.C. (BP) -- Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on alert as Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm currently in the Atlantic Ocean, is reportedly expected to make landfall on the Carolina coast late Thursday or Friday morning.
September
Church's Special Needs Ministry Impacts Nicaragua
By Sharon Mager, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware | September 11, 2018
BOWIE, Md. (BP) -- The Nicaraguan woman was surprised to see the visitors -- Americans, who were kind, bringing soft words, praying for her and her family. They also gave her a Bible, and visited her bedridden son. She watched with a smile as the boy looked up at the visitors, and they gave him a blow-up soccer ball.
It was a transforming moment.
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Faith & Culture
- Survey Shows More Pastors Preach about Abuse in #MeToo Age
- Will Graham: It’s ‘Daunting’ to Portray His Famous Granddad in ‘Unbroken’ Sequel
- ‘Fat and Faithful’: A New Book Probes the Spirituality of Body Image
- Should We Live to Be 500? Christians and Secularists Come Together over Transhumanism
- Where Do You Fall? From Sunday Stalwart to Solidly Secular
Baptists
- Disaster Relief Effort Ramps Up as Florence Floodwaters Rise
- Gregg Hemmen Called to Serve as ABC Regional Executive Minister
- Rocket Scientist Finds Formula for Church Planting
- Baptists Prepare for Hurricane Florence Response
- Church's Special Needs Ministry Impacts Nicaragua
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