Christian women differ in understanding how to fulfill God’s will at home and church
Four women share how God directed them to either an egalitarian or complementarian view and how they live out their calling.
Following God’s will: Does it come in pink and blue?
Does God have prescribed roles for men and women, and does God require those roles to be filled in specific ways? Some evangelicals, including Baptists, are divided into two camps on this issue—complementarian and egalitarian—and both base their understanding in Scripture.
Mississippi lawmaker cites Bible verse commanding death for homosexuals
A Mississippi lawmaker and bivocational Southern Baptist minister backed up his opposition to gay marriage with an Old Testament Bible passage that calls for homosexuals to be put to death.
Ministry is key to church location
Congregations must consider several aspects when trying to decide whether to relocate their facilities -- their understanding of God's mission for them, finances, cultural changes and member needs, among a host of others.
Lee Porter, longtime SBC officer, dies
Lee Porter a former Southern Baptist Convention leader who worked to ensure the integrity of voting in contentious ballots for the SBC presidency during a tumultuous era in the nation’s second-largest religious body, died May 17. He was 83
State convention held liable for abuse
A jury found May 17 that the Florida Baptist Convention is liable for failing to do an adequate background check before recruiting and training a former church planter now in prison for molesting a 13-year-old boy.
Disaster recovery help still needed in Japan
Japan received relief in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, but many residents affected by the disasters still need to recover. The BGCT disaster recovery has scheduled a June 19-26 trip to help.
CBF 2012 Task Force report now online
The final report of a blue-ribbon task force appointed two years ago to chart a future for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is now available online, giving Fellowship Baptists a month to digest the 24-page document before it comes to a vote June 21 at the
Baptist seminary dean eulogizes Chuck Colson
A Baptist divinity school dean eulogized former Watergate henchman and Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson as a man who was not perfect but forgiven and who never forgot Jesus’ words, “I was in prison and you visited me.”
Word&Way Editor Bill Webb continues to recover
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