Lee Warren/contributing writer OMAHA, Neb. – The Heartland Interstate Strategy (HIS) task force met at the Eastern Nebraska Baptist Association building, Dec. 17, to discuss choosing a director, how the task force will determine success moving forward and when to hold a vision tour. As the task force met along the I-29 corridor throughout 2013, the focus changed from the theoretical (determining the hub cities, and then prospective areas in those cities to actually plant churches) to … [Read more...]
Faith Baptist performs Living Christmas Story
Chelsie Kormeier/contributing writer WASHINGTON – Faith Baptist Church performed drive-through nativity, Dec. 12-15. Every year, the community of Washington comes out to see The Living Christmas Story, reaching up to 1,000 people in this town of 13,000. “This is the ministry that people look forward to every year, and it crosses the denominational line,” Fred Broome, pastor of Faith Baptist said. This was the sixth year Faith has put on the Living Christmas Story, and it involved 80 … [Read more...]
Prof finds being pro-life comes with cost of action
LOUISVILLE (SBTS) – For Owen Strachan, convictions come with a cost. Strachan, assistant professor of Christian theology and church history at Boyce College, has been pro-life for many years. It wasn’t until recently, however, that he decided to act on his conviction. “I’ve been convictionally pro-life for a long time, but hadn’t taken an opportunity to get involved with the cause,” Strachan said. “I was a passionate advocate for pro-life thinking, but it wasn’t until coming into … [Read more...]
Native Filipino “man of prayer” Ed Moncada re “prayer walking, riding, for spiritual awakening”
Ed Moncada, a member of the Leadership Development Team for the Missouri Baptist Convention, shares about his life and work. Find more great interviews like this one at: http://www.haroldhendrick.com/ … [Read more...]
R. Moore: ‘Duck Dynasty’ suspension censorship
NASHVILLE (BP) – The A&E network’s suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson for comments regarding homosexuality constitutes an unhelpful form of close-minded censorship, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore said. The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission reacted to A&E’s Dec. 18 announcement that it had suspended Robertson indefinitely for comments he made in an interview with GQ magazine. The network’s statement seemed to indicate the action … [Read more...]
Rural Coon Creek Church feeds hundreds
Richard Nations, Contributing Writer TRENTON – It is not uncommon for a church to have a Thanksgiving meal and even send some carry-out meals back to the homes of some of the older folks in the church. But Coon Creek Baptist near Trenton pulled out all the stops and seemingly fed nearly their entire county on Thanksgiving Day. Coon Creek is actually Union Baptist Church, according to the official documents, but everyone in western Grundy County calls it Coon Creek because of its … [Read more...]
Marriage suffers another blow with polygamy ruling
As most Americans were thinking thoughts of Christmas cheer, a federal judge in Utah dropped a bomb on the institution of marriage, striking down the most crucial sections of the Utah statute outlawing polygamy. Dec. 13, Judge Clark Waddoups of the United States District Court in Utah ruled that Utah’s anti-polygamy law is unconstitutional, violating the free exercise clause of the First Amendment as well as the guarantee of due process. In one sense, the decision was almost inevitable, … [Read more...]
Depend on the Spirit; honor Jesus
Depend On The Spirit • John 15:26-16:15 • Jan. 5 Introduction: If you compare Southern Baptist churches with churches of other denominations who put more emphasis on certain gifts of the Holy Spirit, I think you will find we Depend On The Spirit more. 1. Depend On The Spirit When Your . . Testimony Meets Hostility. 15:26-16:4 Perhaps everyone who has sought to be a witness for the Father has run into some form of hostility. Everyone who has been with Jesus should be a witness. The … [Read more...]
Live Same-Sex ‘Wedding’ to Be Part of New Years Tournament of Roses Parade
PASADENA, Calif. (Christian News Network) – Two homosexual men are set to ‘wed’ on New Year’s Day during the historic Tournament of Roses parade, as they ride a float sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Danny Leclair, 45, had submitted an application in October as the foundation was offering a chance to be a part of their float—the organization’s third appearance at the 125-year-old parade. Leclair and his partner, Aubrey Loots, 42, run Studio DNA Salons, a chain of hair salons … [Read more...]
Survey: Donors to give more this holiday season
DALLAS – Donors say they plan to give more to charity this holiday season than in 2012, according to a study released by Dunham+Company. The percentage of donors who said they would give more increased from 6 percent in 2012 to 9 percent in 2013. But the real shift came in what older donors said they would give. Although the majority of donors 60 and older said they would give the same amount to charity this holiday season, four times as many indicated they were more likely to increase … [Read more...]
The resurrection of the Son of God at Christmas time
Kevin Shrum, Pastor Inglewood Baptist Church Nashville, TN. Christmas is about the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I can already hear your response to that declarative statement: “Don’t you have your holidays mixed up? Don’t you know that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus and Easter is about his death and resurrection?” Maybe I’m not as wrong as you think I am. I was asked the other day: ‘Pastor, do you think the true meaning of Christmas is being pushed out of our … [Read more...]
Cavner shares experiences in Ethiopia with SBU students
Charlotte Marsch/SBU BOLIVAR – Education students at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) were in for a surprise when they began a Mystery Google Hangout Dec. 3. Before the camera went live on the projector, they heard – and recognized – the voice of one of their professors, Delta Cavner, who has been in Ethiopia since September teaching and doing research through the Fulbright Scholar program. Jennifer Fox, instructor of education, arranged for the Google Hangout with her Teaching … [Read more...]
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