John Piper answers why Eve was created from Adam’s rib
John Piper, the founder of the popular theology website DesiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minnesota, provided his thoughts on why God created Eve from Adam’s rib.
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Strive to ‘serve rather than be served,’ Biden says at National Prayer Breakfast | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a group of limited participants at the 70th National Prayer Breakfast. The event, typically held in International Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel, was hosted in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Passion undergirds California church | Baptist Press
VACAVILLE, Calif. (BP) – Ninety percent of the congregation at Trinity Baptist Church is involved in the church’s ministries and missions both within and outside the church, Pastor Greg Davidson says.
FIRST-PERSON: Oppression and the Olympics | Baptist Press
The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics are Friday (Feb. 4). Like many around the world, I love gathering with friends and family to cheer on the athletes representing my country. The Olympics are supposed to bring people together, but as Josh Rogin writes, “the Beijing Olympics has become…
CP giving soars to more than 12% above budget | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – The start of 2022 indicates a continuation of recent giving trends in the SBC as giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget has soared to more than 12 percent above budget for the fiscal year. January’s $21.1 million total is only the second time a monthly…
Seminary granted $1M to launch House of Black Church Studies
An ecumenical seminary based in Tennessee has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to advance studies on the African American church.
Nigeria’s Newest Bible Translation Started with Missionary Lepers
After the gospel came to a small community in northeast Nigeria, two men on two different continents spent five decades translating Scripture into the Kamwe language.
The Witness of the Black Church Rings Through NBA History
Over 75 years of the professional league—and for decades before—Black Christians brought a social conscience to basketball.
I’ve Reached My Breaking Point as a Pastor
But that doesn’t have to mean broken relationships with others.
The unlikely friendship of Annie Armstrong and Nannie Helen Burroughs | Baptist Press
In 1897, Annie Armstrong, recording secretary of the Woman’s Missionary Union, met with Nannie Helen Burroughs, an up-and-coming leader in the National Baptist Convention.
