The widow of the recently deceased Christian author and publisher Robert Wolgemuth, remembered by ministry leaders as a legend in Christian publishing, has revealed the heartfelt note she left for
A Middle Tennessee Baptist association has voted to withdraw fellowship from a congregation that called a woman as pastor. At issue: the association's requirement that cooperating churches adhere to the Baptist Faith and Message.
Spiritual awakening will cause "strategic reinvention" in the Southern Baptist Convention, SBC President Ronnie Floyd notes at a symposium on "The SBC & the 21st Century: Reflection, Renewal & Recommitment" at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
In the months since the Supreme Court decided same-sex marriage should be legal throughout the United States, faith-based high schools have entered a new frontier. While some Christian schools are fighting to teach biblical views on sexuality, others have changed to fit in.
"Fresh Ideas" author Diana Davis suggests ways to add pizzazz to women's events. Whether the outreach is a retreat, luncheon, conference, mission project or weekly ministry, it can be infused with "exciting, God-honoring pizzazz," Davis writes.
Dads at a Charlotte-area church are nurturing their sons, using The Gospel Project as a springboard for discipleship. The dads are helping their sons learn the overall story of the Bible and see how the Gospel interacts with everyday life, pastor Chris Griggs says.
Baptists in Nevada gain new unity around Southern Baptists' missions and ministries supported by churches' gifts through the Cooperative Program.
A Southern Baptist missionary's outreach to a Nevada gold miner in the 1960s still stirs his son, Kevin White, who now leads the Nevada Baptist Convention.
With the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina fresh on his mind, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley offered a testimony of God's grace and mercy during his report to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. Kelley also addressed the reported suicide of faculty member John Gibson.
Scholars from around the world gathered at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., to discuss the history of Christian persecution at the 9th annual conference for the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies Sept. 15-16.
SBC President Ronnie Floyd notes that each church's ministry budget is key to Southern Baptists' Cooperative Program missions and ministries in fulfilling the Great Commission. The Cooperative Program, he notes, "is something every church can support financially regardless of the size of their membership."
