What do Fallon, Banks, Pope have in common?
If some non-believers can brighten this earth, how much more should Jesus' followers? We profess to know a peace and joy that are literally out of this world. Perhaps we should start acting like it.
If some non-believers can brighten this earth, how much more should Jesus' followers? We profess to know a peace and joy that are literally out of this world. Perhaps we should start acting like it.
Meeting the needs of the hungry in American communities requires churches to network with other churches, various community agencies and volunteers.
ATLANTA (ABP) – After nearly 40 years of polarization over abortion, two speakers at a Mercer University event said Jan. 24 it is time for people who are pro-choice and pro-life to seek common ground to reduce the current number of 1.2 million abortions a
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Leaders of two large Christian traditions held preliminary conversations Dec. 13-15 to lay groundwork for ecumenical dialogue between Baptists and Pentecostals around the world.
Buckner International foster-care professionals David Chandler and Samela Macon dispell some common myths about foster care.
Some Baptists see civil religion as bland at best and idolatrous at worst. But others view broadly shared values of liberty, justice and acknowledgement of God’s providential care as a common ground Christians share with a majority of their fellow citizens.
Whether church members cross generational lines depends upon the “common” factors on which their specific Christian community is based. Many faith groups that begin as an age-targeted community often attract older and/or younger members because of their underlying value, mission or message.
Regardless of the method or process used to start them, all new church plants have one thing in common—the need for money.