Through open adoption, extended family grows by leaps and bounds
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Texas has highest rate of child hunger in nation
Roughly 22 percent of Texans under age 18 and 23 percent under age 5 are unsure where their next meal will come from — the highest percentage in the nation, according to a new study.
Conservatives split over Miss USA controversy
GROVE CITY, Pa. — Racy Internet photos have prompted some social conservatives to question the Religious Right's embrace of Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean as a model Christian.
MBC seeks to reopen Windermere case in Camden County
Camdenton — The Missouri Baptist Convention will try once again to reclaim land at Windermere Baptist Conference Center and property it once owned by refilling a case recently dismissed in Camden County.
Conservative ‘National Day of Prayer’ supporters upset over Obama snub
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WASHINGTON — Conservative organizers of National Day of Prayer-related events expressed disappointment that President Obama chose not to mark the day May 7 in the
Baptist church sticking by pastor facing sex charges
ST. JOSEPH — A small Southern Baptist church near St. Joseph is reportedly standing by its pastor accused of soliciting sex over the Internet with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
Torture opponent welcomes comments by SBC leader
WASHINGTON — A Baptist ethicist involved in a religious campaign to build a moral consensus against using torture in America's war on terrorism welcomed comments by the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm that waterboarding is a form of torture and morally
Couple ministers to Chinese students
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After spending 30 years working with the Chinese people
There is nothing like a mother
If you need a lesson in motherhood, you might try searching the Bible. The scriptures have a rather high expectation for motherhood. Mothers are loyal, fierce, gentle, brave, meek, patient, loving, stern, self-sacrificing — you get the idea.
Paying legal fees with CP
Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting at First Baptist Church of Raytown this fall will have to vote against the proposed 2010 Cooperative Program budget to avoid using CP funds to pay mounting legal expenses (see “MBC Executive Board proposes using CP