Lee Porter, Longtime SBC Officer, Dies
Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
Lee Porter, a former Southern Baptist Convention leader who worked to ensure the integrity of voting in contentious ballots for the SBC presidency during a tumultuous era in the nation’s second-largest religious body, died May 17. He was 83
CULTURE DIGEST: Unborn Children Counted for White House Tours
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
Unborn children receive security clearances at the White House, but they have no protection elsewhere in the District of Columbia. The White House Visitors Office sent an email newsletter May 7 to members of Congress and other recipients that outlined …
Abstinence Program Gains HHS Approval
Posted Friday, May 18, 2012 in Baptist News, Denominations, Top Religion News
Heritage Keepers, an abstinence-based sex education curriculum offered by Heritage Community Services in Charleston, S.C., has been approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after it was found to be effective in delaying sexual initi…
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.