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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's top public policy official predicted Japan's nuclear plant crisis would prompt calls to halt the expansion of nuclear power in the United States.

2011 Archives

Poverty simulation begs middle class questions

March 14, 2011

author: Administrator

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (ABP) — Tensed like a hungry cat watching a mouse emerge from a hole in the floor I watched the string of numbers on my lottery ticket as Anna Anderson read aloud numbers on the ticket she had just drawn at the

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BWA sets goals to fulfill priorities

March 11, 2011

author: brandon

The Baptist World Alliance took steps toward implementing its new structure and fulfilling its new priorities during the global organization’s Executive Committee meeting March 7-9.

2011 Archives

Some foreign aid helps, other kinds do more harm than good, experts assert

March 11, 2011

author: Administrator

Is one-sided zeal for missions and ill-informed desire to help sometimes doing more harm than good? Many scholars say yes.

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D.C. Baptists to vote on new exec

March 11, 2011

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A former director of missions in Alabama is being nominated as executive director of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention.

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Baptists prepare response to Japan quake, tsunami

March 11, 2011

author: brandon

ATLANTA (ABP) -- Baptist groups prepared March 11 to meet human needs caused by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that spawned tsunami waves as high as 23 feet in Japan and prompted tsunami warnings in Hawaii and watches as far away as the West Coast of

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Ethnic WMU leaders equipped, encouraged at summit

March 11, 2011

author: Administrator

National WMU in Birmingham, Ala., hosted more than 50 missions leaders from 13 states for an Ethnic Leadership Summit. Texas Baptists had the largest representation with 10 ethnic leaders participating.

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Reciprocity or dependency?

March 11, 2011

author: brandon

Relationship is the heart of mission involvement, and the form that relationship takes determines whether believers minister “with” or “to” others, missiologists insist. Today, they add, relationship translates as partnership, collaboration and reciprocity.

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Fighting hunger makes economic and political sense, Christian activist says

March 11, 2011

author: brandon

Despite deep divisions in U.S. society, Christians can lead the way toward bipartisan solutions to the pain of poverty, according to David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World.

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‘Bad advocacy’ can do more harm than good, Baptist scholar insists

March 11, 2011

author: Administrator

Celebrity-driven campaigns like Save Darfur and Invisible Children are popular, but in some cases, they do more harm than good, according to a Baptist scholar who specializes in African politics, conflict and international affairs.

SBC leader fears Japan quake will cause fallout for nukes

Poverty simulation begs middle class questions

BWA sets goals to fulfill priorities

Some foreign aid helps, other kinds do more harm than good, experts assert

D.C. Baptists to vote on new exec

Baptists prepare response to Japan quake, tsunami

Ethnic WMU leaders equipped, encouraged at summit

Reciprocity or dependency?

Fighting hunger makes economic and political sense, Christian activist says

‘Bad advocacy’ can do more harm than good, Baptist scholar insists

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