Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States Saturday (May 19) with his wife and two children, beginning a new chapter of freedom despite ongoing concern for his family in China.
Daily Archives: May 21, 2012
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The election of a hard-line Islamic governor in Indonesia’s Aceh Province in early April appears to have opened the way for a crackdown on the minority Christian community, which saw 17 churches sealed shut in early May.
A new high-tech study Bible is using QR (quick read) codes to connect readers via smart phones to video teaching by noted pastor and Bible professor Gene Getz. The Life Essentials Study Bible relays 1,500 key principles Getz has drawn from Scripture over the years. A QR code in the […]
Lee Porter, who served as registration secretary for the Southern Baptist Convention from 1977-2002, died May 17 in Franklin, Tenn. He was 83.
Hispanic Baptists are “striving to reach our city through many different means of outreach” as part of Crossover New Orleans, reported Jonathan Sharpe, cross-cultural evangelism strategist for the New Orleans Baptist Association. More than a dozen Hispanic congregations are part of the Baptist association and all are participating in some […]
The church’s mission extends outside its walls. Thom S. Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources, relays 10 signs your church may be focusing too much on the activity inside its walls, neglecting the community and world.