BOLIVAR, Mo. (BP) – As a former Southwest Baptist University professor appeals his termination for allegedly accusing faculty colleagues of deviating from theological orthodoxy, the university has commissioned an "external peer assessment" to include "evaluations regarding orthodoxy" on the Bolivar, Mo., campus. In the month since SBU's Nov. 28 termination of Clint Bass, assistant professor of theology and philosophy, online discussion has included a petition calling for the university's … [Read more...]
MBC’s Christian Life Commission files amicus brief supporting religious freedom
JEFFERSON CITY – A Christian bed-and-breakfast owner in Hawaii has appealed to the United States Supreme Court after the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that she must serve same-sex couples, even in violation of her Christian beliefs about marriage and sexuality. Now the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission (CLC) has joined with two other public policy agencies to support her plea for religious freedom. The CLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the … [Read more...]
New IMB president: ‘To the fields we must go’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul Chitwood, 48, was unanimously elected to be the International Mission Board’s 13th president, Nov. 14-15. Prior to coming to the IMB, Chitwood served as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention (since 2011). He also served for eight years on the IMB’s board of trustees, including two years as chairman of the board (2008-2010). Chitwood made the following remarks after his election by the IMB’s trustees. RICHMOND, Va. – It is by God’s grace that Michelle and … [Read more...]
99-year-old Texas pastor receives Green Beret status
PEARLAND, Texas (BP) - After World War II, decorated Army veteran Jesse Whitley returned home and became a soldier for the Lord, serving as a Baptist pastor and preacher for more than 45 years. "Sgt." Whitley, who celebrated his 99th birthday Dec. 14, received renewed recognition on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, with Green Beret status for his service in a special forces unit nicknamed "the Devil's Brigade." It came as a surprise to Whitley, who faced combat action with the First Special … [Read more...]
Southern Seminary releases ‘honest lament’ on slavery, racism
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) - Southern Baptist Theological Seminary released a report today (Dec. 12) that discloses the history of slavery and racism at the seminary. "Slavery was not only tolerated in many schools, but also expressly defended and even praised as divinely ordained," the seminary said in its initial news release on the school's past. "Though this was true of many of the most historic colleges and universities in the nation, it was particularly true of the South. Theological … [Read more...]
Survey: Americans want more Christ this Christmas
NASHVILLE (BP) - Most Americans want more religious meaning to the Christmas season, and for some that includes the seasonal greetings we say to each other. A new study from LifeWay Research found two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say, "Christmas should be more about Jesus." Those looking for more Christ in Christmas in 2018, however, are significantly fewer than four years ago. A 2014 LifeWay Research study found 79 percent of Americans at that time said Christmas should be more … [Read more...]
BGR launches ‘clean water campaign’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BGR) – Baptist Global Response (BGR) is celebrating #GivingTuesday 2018 with a water filter campaign and a goal to provide 600 families around the world with clean, drinkable water. #GivingTuesday is a globally recognized day for charitable organizations that falls after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year, it will take place on Tuesday, November 27. BGR’s 2018 campaign follows an enormously successful 2017 #Giving Tuesday, during which donors surpassed the goal … [Read more...]
‘Love One Another’ 2019 Nat’l Day of Prayer theme
ROGERS, Ark. (BP) – “Love One Another” is the theme for the 2019 National Day of Prayer May 2, event president Ronnie Floyd announced today (Oct. 30). Anchored in John 13:34, the theme seeks to mobilize the nation in prayer on May 2 in every U.S. locale across generational, ethnic and linguistic lines, said Floyd, senior pastor of the multisite Cross Church in northwest Arkansas. “I realize that our task today is daunting and quite intimidating,” Floyd said in his Facebook announcement, … [Read more...]
Alaskan Thanksgiving: All invited in Tenakee Springs
TENAKEE SPRINGS, Alaska (BP) - A small church in southeast Alaska is inviting its community to Thanksgiving dinner. The invitation is extended to all 100 residents and anyone else in Tenakee Springs who may not have local gatherings of family and friends that day. Tenakee Springs Community Church has hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for most of the 10 years bivocational pastor Todd Buck and his wife Jodie have served there. "Initially I went out there on a request for supply preaching, … [Read more...]
Veteran, 92, took his last stand defending his wife
COLUMBUS, Ga. (BP) - John Dawson served in World War II in the Pacific theater and in the Korean and Vietnam wars on crews that catapulted planes off the decks of five different aircraft carriers. He died at age 92, however, by making the ultimate sacrifice for his wife of 72 years by battling a home intruder. As a leader in his American Legion post, as a longtime churchman and as a father of two (Ricky and Peggy), grandfather of seven, great-grandfather of 16 and … [Read more...]
Paul Chitwood elected unanimously as IMB president
ROCKVILLE, Va. (BP) – About a decade ago, Paul Chitwood became convinced God was calling him to mobilize missions and missionaries, he told International Mission Board trustees. That call culminated today (Nov. 15), he said, with his election as president of the International Mission Board. "Being a member of this board for eight years changed my ministry and it changed my life, so much so that [my wife] Michelle and I questioned whether God had called us to overseas missions," Chitwood, … [Read more...]
Chitwood announced as candidate for IMB’s presidency
RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board trustees’ Presidential Search Committee announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, that the committee will recommend Dr. Paul Chitwood, 48, to be elected as the 173-year-old entity’s 13th president. The vote to elect Chitwood is scheduled for the Nov. 15 plenary session during the Nov. 14-15 IMB board meeting in Richmond. A former chairman of IMB’s board of trustees, Chitwood currently serves as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the … [Read more...]
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