COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (BP) – Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that targeted Christians and killed at least 290 people have prompted calls to prayer by Southern Baptists who work to take the Gospel to South Asian people groups. "As we process the news of attacks on Easter services today in Sri Lanka, our hearts are grieved," the Southern Baptist workers said as a group in written comments. "We weep with those who weep ... As we reflect on the living hope we have through the resurrection of Jesus … [Read more...]
Religious liberty setback at court may not be final
WASHINGTON (BP) – Religious liberty's latest setback at the U.S. Supreme Court in its ongoing face-off with sexual liberty is disappointing but may not prove conclusive, Southern Baptist religious freedom advocates said. The high court opted not to review a Hawaii Court of Appeals decision against a bed and breakfast that declined to rent a room to a same-sex couple. By their refusal, the justices permitted the lower court ruling to stand in their March 18 orders. The Christian Life … [Read more...]
‘An avowed inerrantist’ – 100-year-old Davis remembers helping to draft 1963 BF&M adopted in KCMO
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth article in a year-long series, commemorating the history of the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in honor of its 40th anniversary. To read previous articles, visit www.mbcpathway.com/ConservativeResurgence. KETTERING, Ohio (BP) – At age 100, with some memories fading, Walter Davis still remembers the 1962 phone call he received from then-Southern Baptist Convention President Herschel Hobbs to ask if Davis would serve on a … [Read more...]
Floyd to champion Great Commission to ‘exhaustion’
DALLAS (BP) – The Great Commission, the Cooperative Program, supporting pastors and listening to Southern Baptists will be among the early emphases of Ronnie Floyd's presidency at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, he said during a press conference and a Facebook Live session April 2. "Our missional vision as Southern Baptists is to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every person in the world and to make disciples of all the nations," Floyd said following … [Read more...]
‘Unplanned’ box office success ‘defies logic’
NASHVILLE (BP) – The pro-life movie "Unplanned" finished its opening weekend No. 4 at the box office and doubled its projected gross earnings – despite a suspension March 30 of the film's Twitter account among other obstacles. (See The Pathway's review here.) "Unplanned" also may have played a role in the Georgia state legislature's adoption of a fetal heartbeat bill March 29, the film's co-directors said, adding lead actress Ashley Bratcher has been invited to appear with Georgia Gov. … [Read more...]
Ronnie Floyd named as EC president nominee
NASHVILLE (BP) – Arkansas pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president Ronnie Floyd will be recommended for the presidency of the SBC Executive Committee, the EC's presidential search committee announced March 31. The full EC will consider Floyd's nomination Tuesday, April 2, at a special called meeting in Dallas to begin at 11 a.m. Central at the Grand Hyatt at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. A press conference and then a Facebook Live session at … [Read more...]
After Mozambique cyclone, Baptists ‘stepping up’
TICA, Mozambique (BP) – Following a cyclone in Mozambique that killed at least 446 people, Baptist Global Response and the International Mission Board have begun disaster relief ministry in the southeast African nation and are preparing to broaden their response. "We have implemented a water and sanitation project in one of the displaced communities but are gearing up for some food and household goods distributions," said Jeff Palmer, executive director of BGR, a Baptist relief and … [Read more...]
LifeWay plans to reduce its ‘brick-and-mortar channel’
NASHVILLE (BP) – In light of “an accelerated rate of erosion” at “brick-and-mortar” stores, LifeWay Christian Resources President Thom Rainer has announced that some LifeWay stores will be closing. The number of stores to close and the timing of those closures has not been announced. Rainer wrote in a Jan. 15 email to all LifeWay employees, “We prayed and hoped that our investments in and commitments to the LifeWay stores would prove fruitful. That just has not been the case. To the … [Read more...]
SBU prof’s firing, university’s theology discussed
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...]
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...]
Kavanaugh hearings open, abortion draws spotlight: Missouri Baptist attorney analyzes confirmation process
WASHINGTON (BP) – Abortion drew the spotlight Sept. 4 as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings opened for judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California, expressed concern about Kavanaugh’s seeming willingness to restrict abortion rights, and more than 30 protestors were arrested in the hearing room, including some who touted … [Read more...]
Pterodactyl bones’ origin: Noah’s flood or desert?
PROVO, Utah (BP) – A rare pterodactyl fossil discovered in Utah has been claimed by evolutionists as evidence that flying vertebrates lived in the desert 200 million years ago. But two scientists who are biblical creationists say the creature lived about 4,500 years ago, not in a desert and was found in a fossil layer created by the worldwide flood described in Genesis 6-9. One of the creationists also says the intricate design of the pterosaur -- the scientific name of the flying … [Read more...]
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