A Christian think tank says Canada’s flagship disability benefit falls far short of lifting people with disabilities out of poverty, warning that the program’s size, eligibility rules and provincial clawbacks risk leaving millions no better off than before. In a report released Jan. 6, Cardus, a nonpartisan research organization based in Ontario, said the Canada Disability Benefit is only a fraction of what is needed to close the poverty gap for Canadians with disabilities.
PanelistsPaige Patterson, president of Southeastern Seminary, speaks during the "Whose Holy Land? An Evangelical Conversation on Israel, the Church and the Battle for Palestine" forum at Southern Seminary May 1. Photo by David Merrifield LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Is present-day Israel the fulfillment of biblical prophecy? …
On the journeyRandol and Ruby Gilmore of Northeast Baptist Church in San Antonio enjoy the scenes of downtown Fort Worth as they make their way to the April 15-17 Joy in the Journey senior adult convention. Photo by Jim Veneman FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--More than 5,000 Southern Baptist…
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Decades ago when T.W. Hunt was about to become a leader at a boys camp in Spain, he asked God to give him the type of biblical faith Paul, Timothy and Peter possessed.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Confessions of faith are a necessary and historical element of Southern Baptist life, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. said at the seminary's spring board of trustees meeting April 16.
Yes, a new translationEd Blum, general editor of the Holman Christian Standard Bible, says new Scripture translations will always be needed amid "the explosion of knowledge." NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A full-fledged translation of Scripture such as the Holman Christian Standard Bible is an undertaking of biblical proportions. …
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The American dream. It's that carrot-on-a-stick promise of prosperity that lures thousands each year to the "land of opportunity." Yet for many immigrants, affluence remains out of reach, and the American dream can quickly become nightmarish. Such was the case with the…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Twelve books, including a Beth Moore release warning Christians to safeguard themselves against Satan's seductions, are being released in April by Broadman & Holman. B&H is the trade publishing division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--The $1.4 million purchase of the Farmland, Inc., property adjacent to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was completed March 29 after being approved by the seminary trustees via an electronic ballot.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The Christian church must repent of its past attitude toward homosexuals while at the same time taking the gospel to them, said author and speaker Joe Dallas.
Prof on missionSouthern Seminary professor Rob Plummer poses with a group of Ghanaian Baptists during a mission trip to Ghana. Plummer was robbed at gunpoint during his first two days in Ghana. However, the incident simply served to strengthen the Southern team's resolve. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--It was…
