If Jesus Showed Up Today, Would he Play Guitar?
During a gathering in Nashville, scholars looked at the theology, money, and music reshaping how Americans worship and experience God.
How Law-and-Order Evangelicals Helped Shape Today’s Criminal Justice System
Evangelicals have largely championed the rise of mass incarceration, writes Aaron Griffith in his new book. They've also undertaken novel ministries to try to bring compassion, healing and conversion to those behind bars.
Fitch shares church’s status in today’s changing culture
Pastor, professor and author David Fitch challenged American Baptist pastors to be “with” the people they serve inside and outside the church. Fitch was the featured speaker at the 2014 Prairie Pastors Conference in Bellevue, Neb., April 28-30. Four ABC-USA regions from Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota,
The plight of today’s refugees
The increase in the number of refugees and refugee camps today is a problem that needs the response of people of faith.
Hartsfield: Passages on exploited, exposed poor are relevant today, too
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Baptists Today launches Bible study curriculum
MACON, Ga. (ABP) -- Baptists Today, a monthly publication launched in 1982 as a flagship newspaper for moderates opposing conservatives for control of the Southern Baptist Convention, is retooling with features including a weekly Lectionary-based Bible study beginning with the June issue.
EDITORIAL: Ten traits to teach today’s ministers
Here are 10 skills seminaries and churches need to emphasize in the training of ministers.
Who announces the Savior today?
By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor God didn't pull any punches when he sent His Son into the world as an infant born into a family of little social or political influence. On the night of the long-awaited birth and in the days that followed,
Arab Woman Today reaches worldwide
By Bill Webb, Word&Way EditorAmman, Jordan — In some ways, Nabeeh and Ruba Abbassi seem to be going several directions at once.Jordanians, they are longtime Baptist missionaries in their homeland, ministering among a Baptist population of a few thousand in a land where it is