Family offers ministry of presence in Colombia
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) -- One night after nine months in Colombia, Susanne Walker-Wilson poked her sleeping husband Greg to tell him a strange man was in their house, speaking aloud in Spanish.
Summit offers ideas, networking to fight poverty
Missouri's poverty rate stands at 15.5 percent, with the rate among children under 18 at 18.9 percent. Individuals and groups, including churches, are partnering to help lower those numbers.
Missourians to End Poverty (MEP) -- a non-profit
Hull offers interim vision report
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) -- Hundreds of listening sessions by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 2012 Task Force have surfaced identity, community and ministry as the three themes of greatest concern to CBF members.
Courtroom drama about pistol-packing preacher offers lasting lessons, author says
A new book by David Stokes called The Shooting Salvationist examines J. Frank Norris, the controversial pastor of First Baptist Church in Fort Worth and his sensational trial and aquittal for murder in the mid-1920s.
BaptistWay offers mp3 and Kindle Bible study resources
DALLAS (ABP) -- BaptistWay Press, the publishing arm of Texas Baptists, has launched digital resources in an effort to meet the changing Bible study habits of believers.
Wide-open freedom of the Web offers challenges and ministry opportunities
While social networking sites are far from private or anonymous, the public nature hasn’t prevented individuals from boldly posting information or photographs they likely wouldn’t share with such a diverse crowd in “real” life, pastors note.
Church offers ‘Soul Food’ in town hit hard by recession
Many lives are unraveling in Dalton, Ga., nicknamed the “Carpet Capital of the World,” in the current recession, creating both challenges and opportunities for churches.
Well Community offers lessons learned from ministry to mentally ill people
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Music Review: U2’s latest offers ‘grace inside a sound’
Baptist divinity school professor Stephen Harmon characterizes U2's new album, No Line on the Horizon, as "the most thoroughly Christian thing they’ve done yet.”
Pastor challenges parents, offers incentive to tie the knot
By Rod Frisco Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa.—Daneisha Dunbar was never so happy to see her children cry. But there they were: 13-year-old Jheran, 10-year-old Aryn and 5-year-old Taryn, shedding tears and squealing with joy at the news that their mommy and