There’s hope in our adventure
Adventure books. I love those. And I hate them. And I love to hate them. About the entire aim of the writing in most suspense is getting readers to love a character…and then tormenting that character...
View ArticleMeet Missouri Apologist Dennis Jackson
JEFFERSON CITY – The MBC has launched the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network, a group of church leaders committed to the defense of the Christian faith and called to equip believers to more...
View ArticleSee you in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (BP) – When Southern Baptists depart St. Louis after their annual meeting in June, says SBC president Ronnie Floyd, he will be praying they do so with a “deep burden for our nation, a new...
View ArticleNAMB to launch Send Relief opportunities
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Southern Baptists attending this year’s SBC annual meeting in St. Louis will learn how their churches can engage local communities with the Gospel by partnering with the North American...
View ArticleSeminaries to greet alumni, friends at SBC in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Alumni and friends of Southern Baptists’ six seminaries will gather, June 15, in St. Louis to hear updates from the campuses and renew friendships with classmates and seminary faculty...
View ArticleIMB to feature ‘Limitless opportunities’
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Southern Baptists will learn more about how the International Mission Board partners with churches to overcome barriers and cross bridges together to effectively send missionaries to...
View ArticleERLC to unveil ‘Gospel for Life’ books during SBC
ST. LOUIS (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission will unveil the first three volumes in its new “Gospel for Life” book series during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention...
View ArticleComedian Anita Renfroe slated for women’s events at SBC
Article by Shannon Baker, Director of Communications for the Mid-Atlantic Baptist Network in Columbia, Md. ST. LOUIS (BP) – Anita Renfroe, a popular Christian comedian and communicator, will be the...
View ArticleN.C. governor defends restroom law in suit
WASHINGTON (BP) – North Carolina’s governor went to federal court, May 9, to defend his state’s new restroom privacy law against a threat from the Obama administration. Gov. Pat McCrory’s lawsuit asks...
View ArticleAtheists plan billboards against Ark museum
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (BP) – A leading outdoor advertising company has refused to construct billboards a group of atheists had planned against the Answers in Genesis Ark Encounter museum and park nearing...
View ArticleMinistry Support: An interview with Rob Phillips
JEFFERSON CITY – As catalyst (strategic leader) for Ministry Support for the Missouri Baptist Convention, Rob Phillips has served under the direction of Executive Director Dr. John Yeats to lead a...
View ArticleWhat really is ‘sexual orientation’?
Political correctness just got weirder. A recent opinion piece in the Washington Post by Lauren Taylor describes the author’s struggle to raise her cats gender neutral. No, really. Read her...
View ArticleWhen ball becomes Baal
It’s rare to see kids playing sports in the neighborhood anymore. We’re now organized and “professionalized”—including uniforms, state-of-the-art facilities, endless trips to the field, competitive...
View ArticleCooperative Program 6.45% ahead of budget
NASHVILLE (BP) – Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist Convention national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 6.45 percent above the...
View ArticleWellness Center to be offered by Guidestone
ST. LOUIS (BP) – GuideStone Financial Resources will once again offer its Wellness Center during the Pastors’ Conference and the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, June 13–15 in St. Louis....
View Article‘Zeal without Burnout: Seven Keys’
Ash, Christopher. Zeal Without Burnout: Seven Keys to a Lifelong Ministry of Sustainable Sacrifice. Purcellville VA: The Good Book Company, 2016. 123 pages. $9.99. God calls every Christian into...
View ArticleReligious liberty was tossed like a toy
On a Tuesday afternoon in April, I shared with the crowd that was gathered in the state capitol rotunda that we were there to talk about religious liberty in the context of a culture that seems to be...
View ArticleReview: Is ‘Captain America: Civil War’ family friendly? (And what about that...
CHICAGO (Christian Examiner) – There is a popular belief among Christian moviegoers about superhero movies, and it goes something like this: Superhero films are popular because all humans innately are...
View ArticleLifeWay to screen 2 movies at SBC
ST. LOUIS (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources will provide a free breakfast for pastors and screen two new movies at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in St. Louis this summer. The focus of...
View ArticleExcitement stirring for WMU in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The excitement for the upcoming WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting is building. The WMU is celebrating what God is doing around the world through missions at the meeting slated...
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