
Our Beautiful, Broken Christian Ancestors
As a Southerner, I have to grapple with my forebears’ tainted legacy. As a believer, I have to do the same.

As a Southerner, I have to grapple with my forebears’ tainted legacy. As a believer, I have to do the same.

Aldo Leon, a self-described Cuban-American Miami boy, recently moved back to Miami from Los Angeles to plant Reconcile Church Miami with the purpose of reaching the lost in south Dade County. But Leon acknowledges a time when boxing and Zen Buddhism were his among his top priorities.

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.

How to tell which errors deserve the ultimate warning label.

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.

Ronnie Floyd, in an address to the SBC Executive Committee, notes that the 1806 Haystack Prayer Meeting of five young college students continues to point to the need for prayer to awaken America and reach the world for Christ.

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.