Daily Archives: March 16, 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Family, friends and former colleagues gathered March 15 to celebrate the 90th birthday of Wilmer C. Fields and to honor the legacy of a name synonymous with a free Baptist press.

Syrians were “a people who felt they were more blessed than others,” as one observer puts it, “because natural disasters and wars had not been a part of their modern history.” But war has broken out in the past year, bloodshed has escalated and people have run for the country’s […]

Retired U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains (Major General) Douglas L. Carver has been appointed executive director of chaplain services for the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in Alpharetta, Ga., with the goal of taking Southern Baptist chaplaincy to a “new level.”

When Kirk Cameron went on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” to discuss his upcoming patriotic-themed documentary “Monumental,” he didn’t expect to get pulled into a national debate over homosexuality. But in hindsight, it may have been a good thing, particularly for getting the word out about the movie, which is in […]

In the midst of seeing a tornado destroy much of his town of Henryville, Ind., the brilliance of the Gospel shone bright, says columnist and associate pastor Cade Campbell.

Among regular Bible readers, more than a third indicate they read it nearly every day and typically use one primary version of the Bible, according to a new survey.