Sara Shelton/Baptist Press BALTIMORE (BP) – Less than a year ago Bob Mackey spent a Saturday traveling around Houston. On that day, during Crossover 2013, the executive director of the Baltimore Baptist Association witnessed partnership in action. He saw visiting Southern Baptists working alongside the local association, churches of Houston and hundreds of other Southern Baptists from across the nation. All were gathering together for the citywide service and outreach initiative … [Read more...]
HOBBY LOBBY: A titanic legal case that could fundamentally change America
Tom Strode/Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) – The fate of religious freedom for Americans, especially business owners, could hang in the balance as the U.S. Supreme Court considers arguments by two family-owned corporations against the Obama administration’s abortion/contraception mandate (Obamacare). The justices heard oral arguments Mach 25 in the case pitting Hobby Lobby, a nationwide retain chain based in Oklahoma City, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a Pennsylvania business against … [Read more...]
No regrets when God calls
Erich Bridges/Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – Karen Watson knew Iraq was dangerous. She had left Iraq months before, exhausted and afraid, as the chaotic country descended deeper into violence. But she went back anyway. She was not a soldier, but a Christian relief worker, armed only with love and humanitarian aid. That decision claimed the 38-year-old’s life on a dusty road 10 years ago. Still, she had no regrets about going back. She wasn’t big on regrets; she had experienced … [Read more...]
Gun-totin’ Buck Creek bucks liberal view
David Roach/Baptist Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – An evangelism strategy that involves giving away guns to attract unchurched men to wild game dinners has drawn criticism from gun control advocates in an array of national media outlets this month, including TIME, USA Today, MSNBC, Fox News and the Huffington Post. But Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC) leaders say God is using KBC’s controversial ministry effort and the flurry of media attention to increase attendance and salvation … [Read more...]
Pro-Hobby Lobby side remains hopeful
WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court contemplated the right of business owners to exercise their religious beliefs in the face of a government decree upon their companies during oral arguments in a case that is expected to have a long-lasting impact. On Tuesday (March 25), the justices heard lawyers for the Obama administration and two corporations debate the constitutionality of the federal government's abortion/contraception mandate, which requires employers to provide … [Read more...]
‘I have everything,’ God tells church planting Pennsylvania pastor
Karen L. Willoughby/Baptist Press PITTSBURGH, Pa. (BP) – The Cooperative Program (CP) is personal to Pittsburgh Baptist Church Pastor Kim Grueser and his congregation. “They asked if we could do the 1% Challenge,” Grueser said of the congregation. “When it hits you personally, you really understand the value of [the Cooperative Program].” The pastor quickly rattled off three ways he has seen the Cooperative Program in action. “When I was in seminary, we would not have made it … [Read more...]
CP contributions on track
Nashville (BP) – Year-to-date Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Cooperative Program (CP)contributions to the SBC Executive Committee are 0.08 percent below the year-to-date CP budget goal, and 1.33 percent below contributions received during the same time frame last year, SBC Executive Committee President Frank S. Page reported. The total represents money received by the Executive Committee by the close of the last business day of February and includes receipts from state conventions, … [Read more...]
Evangelism Networks/Resources
By Sara Shelton SALISBURY, Md. - In the early days of his church plant, pastor Ryan Weaver and his team at Remedy Church scoured the newspapers looking for ways to serve the people of Salisbury, Md. It was a small ad asking for landscaping help that eventually caught their eye. "We saw the landscaping ad and when we realized the need was on Booth Street we knew it was the right place for us," Weaver explains. Few others in the area might consider Booth Street to be "right place" … [Read more...]
Healing, DR relief continue in Philippines
Caroline Anderson*/Baptist Press CEBU, Philippines (BP) – From the rubble, a nation is still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan’s devastating effects last November. Much of the press and publicity have moved on, but Baptist Global Response (BGR) continues relief efforts. “Baptist Global Response is gearing up for long-term development as the short-term relief organizations pull out,” says International Mission Board missionary Stan Smith. He and his wife, Dottie, minister on the island … [Read more...]
Baptist Covention of Iowa names new Exec.
DES MOINES, Iowa – The regional and global ministry director at Cornerstone Church in Ames has been elected executive director/treasurer of the Baptist Convention of Iowa (BCI). Tim Lubinus was elected by the convention’s Executive Board at a March 10 meeting and will succeed interim Executive Director/Treasurer Tom Law March 24. “I am pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Tim Lubinus as the new executive director,” said Lloyd Eaken, president of the Baptist Convention of Iowa and … [Read more...]
God is leading my departure from IMB, Elliff says of decision
Diana Chandler/Baptist Press AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – International Mission Board (IMB) President Tom Elliff asked the mission agency’s trustees to begin searching for his successor because the Lord told him during prayer that it was the best way to ensure a smooth transition to new leadership, Elliff said in a teleconference with several state Baptist papers. “[God’s] telling me that this is the time to leave,” he said Feb. 26, “and that if I will obey Him and ask the Board of Trustees … [Read more...]
Mohler: Religious liberty threat growing
James A. Smith Sr./Baptist Press PROVO, Utah (BP) – Speaking for the second time in less than 100 days at Brigham Young University (BYU), Southern Baptist leader R. Albert Mohler Jr. told students and faculty at the school, “We may go to jail sooner even than we thought,” recalling his concern about the threat to religious liberty raised in an earlier appearance at the Mormon-owned school. “I am not here because I believe we are going to heaven together, but I do believe we may go to … [Read more...]
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