J. Alan Branch, Professor of Christian Ethics Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fred Phelps, the infamous minister of hate from Topeka, Kan., died March 19. The founder of Westboro “Baptist” Church in Topeka, Phelps burst onto the national scene when he and his small band of mean-spirited protesters demonstrated outside Matthew Sheppard’s funeral in 1998 after the homosexual Wyoming college student had been violently murdered. Phelps’ protests gained even more national disgust when … [Read more...]
Crossover Baltimore to bring hope
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...]
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...]
Hinkle president of ASBP, SBC state newspaper group
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Don Hinkle, founding editor of The Pathway, was installed president of the Association of Southern Baptist Publications (ASBP) during the group’s meeting here Feb. 10-13. He succeeds Cameron Crabtree, editor of the Northwest Baptist. Hinkle, 59, will preside over the group’s meetings at the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) annual meeting June 9-11 in Baltimore and in February in Perdido Beach, Ala. “I am grateful for the opportunity to serve my fellow state … [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...]
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...]
2013 mental health motion addressed by Exec. Comm.
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee has concurred with the spirit of a motion referred from the 2013 SBC annual meeting regarding mental health ministry. In its Feb. 17-18 meeting in Nashville, the Executive Committee voted to amend an annual ministry report form it solicits from the SBC’s entities to include questions asking appropriate entities what they are doing to assist Southern Baptist churches in equipping and ministering to people with … [Read more...]
SBC.net sports new look
NASHVILLE (BP) – A more visual redesign of sbc.net, the official website of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Executive Committee (EC), has officially launched, Frank Page announced to committee members in Nashville. While the new website will feature much of the same information and resources that readers have logged on to the site to access, it also will include a variety of new visual updates, said Page, EC president. One of those updates includes a rotating slideshow of images … [Read more...]
True Love Waits Documentary
Aaron Earls/LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE (BP) – After 20 years and millions of pledge cards, has True Love Waits (TLW) had a positive impact and does it still matter? A new documentary by LifeWay Films examines the history and future of True Love Waits. The international purity movement captured the national conversation in 1994 by covering the National Mall with cards from teenagers promising to remain sexually pure. The documentary “True Love Waits: The Complicated … [Read more...]
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