Hispanic leadership development program graduates first students
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Southern Baptists elect Luter first African-American president
One hundred sixty-seven years after forming over the right to appoint slaveholders as missionaries and 17 years after apologizing for the denomination's racist past, the Southern Baptist Convention elected New Orleans pastor Fred Luter its first African-American president.
WMU celebrates Jesus’ story in New Orleans
Woman's Missionary Union's theme for this year, "The Story Lives On," came to life through the words of a New Orleans pastor, a missionary and others during the WMU annual meeting in New Orleans.
2012 SBC, CBF national meetings offer streaming access
The 2012 national meetings of two Baptist groups offer access via web streaming. The Southern Baptist Convention, meeting June 19-20 in New Orleans can be viewed here. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's General Assembly meets June 20-23 in Ft. Worth and can be viewed <a
Dads, sons share call to ministry
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Dad’s best present: sons who are godly leaders
Rex Jones knows a thing or two about raising sons. He has three of them, and he's trained them to make an impact on the world for Christ.
Baptist leaders join other evangelicals in call for immigration reform
Prominent Baptists are among about 140 evangelical Christians who endorsed a statement of principles for immigration reform, which includes the call for a path to citizenship or legal status for qualified undocumented immigrants.
Taking the Matthew 25 test
Ministry to "the least of these my brothers" as Jesus instructs? For some it's salvation by works, but others see no contradiction.
I was a stranger: Matthew 25 ministries
ST. LOUIS - On Saturday morning, volunteers assemble to sort through groceries that will be distributed to Bosnians. Volunteers listen as the ministry's coordinators interact in the Bosnian language, sharing the gospel as bodies are fed.
I was in prison: Matthew 25 ministries
ST. LOUIS - Reed Hanna of St. Louis knows prison routine firsthand. Convicted of violating a prisoner's civil rights, the former federal deputy served time. Both as an officer and as an inmate, Hanna saw the effect prison has on offenders and