The Southern Baptist Convention’s benefits entity has joined the growing chorus of evangelical and Roman Catholic voices publicly protesting the Obama administration’s mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions. “This encroachment of religious freedom is blatant and outrageous and should be taken seriously by […]
Daily Archives: February 6, 2012
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Hispanic ministries in Alabama adjust to ramifications of the state’s immigration law that went into effect last fall.
Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention by David E. Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church in New Orleans. Crosby said the election of Luter “as the first African American president of the SBC will send […]
New Orleans pastor Fred Luter recounts how he came to be open to the Southern Baptist Convention’s presidency and what priorities, if elected, he would pursue.
The Georgia Baptist Convention experienced its most dramatic staff reduction ever Jan. 26-27 as 16 employees and two vacant positions were eliminated in the latest round of downsizing. Staffing has now been cut 26 percent since the 2008 recession.
For much of the season, Chase Blackburn watched the NFL season the way millions of other fans did — from his couch. He ended the season, however, in the middle of the New York Giants Super Bowl victory celebration. In Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI win over New England, Blackburn made […]
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” says that the 16th-century Anabaptists shaped his Purpose Driven model for the church. More than 500 students, faculty members and guests from around the world attended the “Anabaptism and Contemporary Baptists” conference at […]