What Can We Do?
Proverbs is not a spiritual Dale Carnegie success book. It confronts the topics of evil, spiritual maturity, suffering, life's meaning, and the way to be God's kind of person in a complex world.
Controversial Founders Ministries Video Leads to Board Resignations, #MeToo Concerns
(RNS) — Several board members have resigned from a neo-Calvinist evangelical group that released a trailer of a planned film linking prominent Southern Baptists with a conspiracy to promote social justice advocacy in evangelical churches.
Why We Must Send More Missionaries of Color
According to recent estimates, African Americans comprise as few as 1 percent of international missionaries. Similar stats about the rarity of missionaries from other demographics are easy to find as well. For the glory of God and the sake of the nations, we need to
SBU Admits Doctrinal Shortcoming, Doesn’t Release Details
Several months after creating a peer assessment committee to explore its issues of faith, learning, and doctrine, Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., announced the committee’s key finding, without specifying details, that the school had not clearly implemented its Statement of Faith across campus.
Has the Time Come for America to Atone for Its Original Sin?
(RNS) — In August 1619, “20, odd Negroes” in chains arrived aboard the English ship "The White Lion" in Point Comfort, Virginia, As we approach the 400th anniversary of that fateful day, Americans, our political and religious leaders are charged by the sacred text to
Is the World’s Next Missions Movement in Ethiopia?
In Ethiopia, evangelicalism is growing at a faster rate than even the booming general population, already the second-largest in Africa and projected to exceed 112 million people by 2020.
More Churches Are Checking the National Sex Offender Registry. Is It Helping?
(RNS) — More churches are using background checks that sift through more than 600 million felony, misdemeanor and traffic records, and perhaps most importantly, the nationwide sex offender registry. But experts say that may give churches and other religious groups a false sense of security
Caribbean (Mission) Life
To experience the Bahamas -- where this year's Baptist World Alliance annual meeting was held -- means more than just hanging out on the beach. This is a country, after all, where income inequality means most citizens can’t afford to spend a week at one
“Out of the Box” Pastor Guides Ky. Church’s Outward Focus
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (Western Recorder) -- Denver Copeland candidly says he is an "out of the box" pastor. His track record in almost three years shepherding Stithton Baptist Church gives evidence to that perspective.
Child Injured in Fall from Zip Line Not Covered by Camp’s Insurer
Student Life Bible Camp's insurer is not liable for injuries suffered by a child who fell from a zip line at Windermere Baptist Conference Center, used by the camp, says a federal appeals court in reversing a lower court’s ruling.