In Rock Hill, S.C., Wednesday, customers were waiting 75 minutes for a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, when they could have driven down the road to McDonald’s and been in and out and five minutes. It surely seemed strange to at least a few observers, but the folks in Rock Hill — […]
Daily Archives: August 1, 2012
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The Obama administration’s much-criticized abortion/contraceptive mandate went into effect Aug. 1, forcing businesses and religious organizations to carry insurance plans covering contraceptives that can cause chemical abortions, at no cost to the employee.
Southern Baptist Convention leaders pointed to Richard Land’s bold leadership on the race issue, transformational shepherding of a denominational entity and courage as traits that will mark his legacy the day after he announced his retirement as president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
For California resort missionary Debbie Wohler, the 2012 summer Olympics in London marks her 12th Olympics-as-mission-trip. Her first was in 1980 at Lake Placid. “It is just such an amazing opportunity to reach the world,” said Wohler, who serves at First Baptist Church in Tahoe City, Calif., when she’s not […]
U.S. archers Jacob Wukie and Jennifer Nichols each lost in their second-round matches July 31, ending their Olympics competition in 2012. Both head home with plans for marriage this fall.
The U.S. House of Representatives has failed to approve a bill to restrict the District of Columbia’s unfettered abortion policy. The bill, which would prohibit abortions in the District of Columbia at 20 weeks or more after fertilization, came to the floor for a vote under “suspension of the rules,” […]
Byong Do Jang, a Southern Baptist missionary who ventured into China to provide evangelism training, died July 30 of stomach cancer.