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.
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--A "redirection of ministry" is taking place at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Bill Taylor says churches are the focus.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Although selected Bible books from the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) have been released in various forms since 1999, the newest translation made its debut recently with the release of the complete New Testament featuring devotional notes by Henry Blackaby. Part of…
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--Don R. Simmons has resigned from the Christian education faculty at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary to lead a major urban ministry program of the One By One Leadership Foundation based in Fresno, Calif.
OXFORD, England (BP)--Disappointed with Beijing's selection July 13 to host the 2008 Olympic Games, international human rights groups are calling on the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and others to press China to improve its human rights record before and during the Games.
WASHINGTON (BP)--There is good news and there is bad news. First, the bad news. Confirming what we knew all along, scientists at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia, do not think it is sufficient to do research on human embryos that are "going to die anyway," to follow…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"The key issue for Southern Baptists and every other group that is serious about the Bible is whether the Bible is really our authority," James T. Draper Jr. believes.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The far-reaching impact of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was evident in the ministries of the four alumni honored at the school's national alumni luncheon in New Orleans June 13.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP)--"The time has come to rethink the premise that the best education is secular and that religiously based education is automatically inferior," George Marsden said in an address during the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools' June 3-5 annual meeting in Lexington, Ky. …
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary held two separate commencement services for the first time in its history in May, one for graduate students and another for undergraduate students, made necessary by the increasing size of graduation classes.
