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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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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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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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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

173. Bruce Chilton on the Herods [Reissue]

Bruce Chilton, professor of religion at Bard College, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession. He also discusses the political issues at play in New Testament stories like the birth, teachings, and death of Jesus. This episode is being reissued and was originally released…
172. Christi Harlan on Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Lessons in Washington, D.C.

Christi Harlan talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new books Mr. President, The Class Is Yours: Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Lessons in Washington, D.C. and Normal Lives: President Jimmy Carter and His Church. She also discusses Carter's teaching style and humor, as well as the church's history. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to…
171. Samuel Perry on Religion for Realists

Samuel Perry, a professor of sociology at the University of Oklahoma, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion. He also discusses issues of religious identity, partisanship, and Christian Nationalism. He previously appeared on episode 46. Note: Don't forget to subscribe…
170. Tony Campolo on Faith as Babylon Falls

This episode features a conversation originally recorded in May 2020 for the podcast Baptist Without An Adjective. In it, Word&Way President Brian Kaylor interviewed author and sociologist Tony Campolo. The author of 35 books and a longtime professor at Eastern University, Campolo died on Nov. 19 at the age of 89. This conversation is being…

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

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

Third Baptist ministers as a ‘good neighbor’

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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