Prisoner Sees Harvest of Souls
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
A believer in Central Asia, amid months of imprisonment for his faith, is seeing fellow inmates turn to Christ. His wife and daughter, though they miss him, are comforted by the spiritual harvest.
Strife in Sudan Stretches Into Several Regions
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
Security agents in Sudan’s South Darfur state have closed the offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and relief group Sudan Aid in the state’s capital, Nyala. Meanwhile, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir continues his push to rid the Nuba Mount…
FIRST-PERSON: A Prayer of Surrender
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
How can we surrender daily to God’s will, overlooking contrary desires? David Jeremiah encourages us to say a daily prayer of surrender to strengthen our journey on the cross.
FLOURISH: Pastors’ Wives, We Get You
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
NBA Playoffs Prompt ‘I Believe’ Campaign
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
Churches from the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma have created an evangelistic campaign with the theme “I believe” to accompany the Oklahoma City Thunder’s advance in the NBA playoffs.
FLOURISH: A Wife’s Church Planting Journey
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
FIRST-PERSON: A Double Standard for Calif. Teens
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
Columnist Kelly Boggs notes a double standard in California, where a teenager can obtain an abortion without parental consent but a state legislator wants to keep teens from receiving a therapy that could help them overcome homosexual attraction.
Tenn. Baptists Approve Sale of Property
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
The Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention voted unanimously to accept a $9 million offer for the convention’s office space in Brentwood, Tenn.
FIRST-PERSON: Fotografías En Cristo
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
North American Mission From Judsons to Global Christianity
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Top Religion News
It might be tempting, on this 200th commissioning anniversary of the first ordained American foreign missionaries, to directly attribute the current status of global Christianity to their courageous obedience to the Great Commission. Even limiting the …