A dispute over weekend parking in bike lanes has left a group of inner-city congregations — four churches, a pair of synagogues and the Philadelphia Ethical Society — in Philadelphia dealing with a tricky urban dilemma.
Here’s a paradox. Last year, I preached a sermon on doubt, which actually helped some people’s faith. I asked the question: Does your faith have any question marks? Doubt -- the searching kind -- really does have a place in the faith process.
"We think we will have an infant for you to adopt by September." We heard those words with joy in April 1974. Several days later, we learned the U.S. Army was
A lot of questions have emerged on the heels of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s voluntary dismissal of its nearly eight-year legal action against Word&Way. Most of them stem from a basic question: “What does this really mean for Word&Way and its future?” It has been
Baptism and local church membership have been inextricably linked historically in the minds of many Baptists. But that view is shifting as a decline in denominational loyalty and the easy movement of American Christians among churches of all stripes have created what writer Phyllis Tickle
By Bill Webb and Vicki Brown Word&Way Staff Missouri Baptist Convention executive director David Clippard and his four associates heard an earful from critics and supporters of the convention's lawsuit against five Baptist institutions and a proposal to use Cooperative Program funds to fund legal
Messengers to this year's annual meeting will be asked to authorize the use of Cooperative Program funds - if needed - to pay legal fees in its court action against five affiliated institutions.Members of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board passed a proposal at their