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How hard is it to be totally “off the grid?” According to a Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project report in May, 57 percent of people tracked their reputations online, while 46 percent used online searches to find information about people from

2010 Archives

Beware a new golden calf

June 22, 2010

author: Administrator

Although some supporters of the Great Commission Resurgence report and recommendations have characterized the Cooperative Program as a "golden calf," elevating designated giving may create a new one. Is the SBC in danger of returning to the societal method of funding ministry?

2010 Archives

Baptists sending humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan

June 21, 2010

author: brandon

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Baptists have begun sending aid to Kyrgyzstan, home of a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from violence fueled by ethnic intolerance that has killed hundreds and driven hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks from their homes since June 10.

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News Analysis: United in theology, Southern Baptists differ on method

June 21, 2010

author: brandon

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The last time the Southern Baptist Convention met in Orlando was 2000. That year marked passage of a revised Baptist Faith and Message, a show of theological unity that celebrated a hard-won battle for biblical inerrancy.

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KC church is state’s oldest Hispanic Baptist work

June 21, 2010

author: Administrator

First Westside Baptist Church in Kansas City likely is the oldest Baptist work, at least the oldest continuous congregation, among Hispanics in Missouri.

2010 Archives

History society recognizes former staffer with award

June 18, 2010

author: brandon

ATLANTA (ABP) -- The Baptist History and Heritage Society honored former associate executive director Pamela Durso with an award at the group's recent annual meeting in Georgetown, Ky.

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SBC motions target Alliance of Baptists, racial discrimination

June 18, 2010

author: brandon

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will study a motion to exclude churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists.

2010 Archives

Baptists view growing Hispanic population as opportunity

June 17, 2010

author: brandon

The Census Bureau reports the Hispanic population in the United States has more than doubled in the last 20 years. While that alarms many white Americans who fear losing the privileges that come with being part of a dominant culture, many evangelical Christians view it

2010 Archives

Rosaries a popular gang tool, but not as an aid to prayer

June 17, 2010

author: brandon

Gang members are using rosary beads for identification, and school crackdowns on the practice are raising questions of religious freedom.

2010 Archives

Obama nominates Baptist pastor, speaker to be religious-freedom ambassador

June 17, 2010

author: esteban Rodriguez

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- President Obama has responded to more than a year of speculation and criticism among advocates for international religious freedom by naming an American Baptist pastor and motivational speaker as the nation’s top diplomat for religious freedom.

Play hide and seek on the Internet

Beware a new golden calf

Baptists sending humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan

News Analysis: United in theology, Southern Baptists differ on method

KC church is state’s oldest Hispanic Baptist work

History society recognizes former staffer with award

SBC motions target Alliance of Baptists, racial discrimination

Baptists view growing Hispanic population as opportunity

Rosaries a popular gang tool, but not as an aid to prayer

Obama nominates Baptist pastor, speaker to be religious-freedom ambassador

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