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By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer Using the TV show “Amazing Race” as a metaphor, Clella Lee asked attendees of Blume, a Kansas City missions event sponsored by national WMU, July 10-13 for teenage girls and collegiate young women, what it

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MBC attorneys: Entities had legal right to change charters

July 25, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent The Missouri Baptist Convention’s Executive Board has abandoned its contention that trustees of five institutions acted illegally when they changed their charters to elect their own board members. Convention lawyers agreed at a July 18 hearing that agency trustees have

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Search begins for next MBC executive director

July 25, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board named an 11-member search committee during its July 10 meeting at the Baptist Building to seek a successor to David Clippard, whom the board dismissed three months earlier. James Freeman, a 43-year-old attorney from Oakwood Baptist

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An appeal for the little guy

July 25, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor A number of Christian organizations — Baptists among them — are getting behind a House of Representatives initiative known as the Fairness in Farm and Food Policy Amendment. The sponsors include Democrat Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Republican Jeff

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Lifeguard rescues 12-year-old swimmer at Windermere

July 23, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

At Windermere Baptist Conference Center many people have discovered the life-saving love of Jesus. Last month, a Windermere lifeguard physically saved the life of a 12-year-old girl who lost consciousness while swimming. While on duty, lifeguard Kasey Laguna, a college student from Columbia, spotted

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Slavery touches Baptist groups

July 17, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor At least three Baptist groups that have met during the past few days have been touched by the memory of slavery in their history. And such memories have sparked acknowledgement that the slave trade continues today on a large scale

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Third Baptist ministers as a ‘good neighbor’

July 16, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer ST. LOUIS — Third Baptist Church in St. Louis strives to be a good neighbor in its downtown, urban setting. The church, located at the corner of Grand and Washington in the heart of Grand Center,

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Media and the Internet: Clean up your (computer’s) act

July 16, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Ken Satterfield If you are dragging, a doctor will tell you that some of the culprits could be excess weight, too much stress or not enough exercise. (Or age, but let’s not go there.) Likewise, if your computer seems to be slowing down, several

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Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

June 28, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer The emerging church has been a source of controversy due to the perceived desire for the church to fit into a postmodern or — as Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary associate professor of theology Mark Devine prefers to call

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Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

June 28, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

Dangerous Dogma

169. Grace Ji-Sun Kim on When God Became White

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity. She also discusses issues of racism, patriarchy, and Christian Nationalism. She previously appeared on episode 145. She writes a Substack newsletter and…
168. Drew Strait on Strange Worship

Drew Strait, a New Testament professor at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Strange Worship: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism. He also discusses issues of strategic nonviolence, empathy, and suspicion of state power. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that…
167. Bekah McNeel on This is Going to Hurt

Journalist and author Bekah McNeel talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America. She also discusses addressing issues of immigration, education, and guns. She previously appeared on episode 70. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that…
166. Michael Austin on American Christian Nationalism

Michael Austin, a philosophy professor at Eastern Kentucky University and Bonhoeffer Senior Fellow of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership of Hebrew College, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book American Christian Nationalism: Neither American nor Christian. He also discusses American values, teachings of Jesus, and the co-option of Dietrich…

Blume challenges teen girls to love God

MBC attorneys: Entities had legal right to change charters

Search begins for next MBC executive director

An appeal for the little guy

Lifeguard rescues 12-year-old swimmer at Windermere

Slavery touches Baptist groups

Third Baptist ministers as a ‘good neighbor’

Media and the Internet: Clean up your (computer’s) act

Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

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