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••• May 21, 2013 •••
According to the Florida-based Liberty Counsel, a recent email from the U.S. Department of Justice is pretty aggressive in directing DOJ employees to affirm homosexual behavior. Al [...]
••• May 10, 2013 •••
This week Pastor Saeed Abedini celebrated his 33rd birthday from a prison cell deep in Iran, reportedly clinging to the promised hope from Romans 8 that persecution and death canno [...]
••• May 1, 2013 •••
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This post has been updated to correct erroneous information that Mr. Weinstein was "hired" or contracted by the military. Instead, according to Baptist Press, Weins [...]
••• April 17, 2013 •••
There’s never been a 95th birthday like the one planned for Billy Graham. The Nov. 7th event next fall will be the culmination of years of planning, sustained prayer and the [...]
Boy Scouts overturn ban on gay members
By: Greg Tomlin | May 23rd, 2013
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- Delegates to the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Thursday (May 23) approved new membership guidelines which open the ranks of the organization to homosexual members. Young men who openly claim to be homosexual may now participate as Scouts. The decision, the BSA leadership said in a statement, was based on "growing input from within the Scouting family. [...]
Pastors respond to Boy Scouts decision
By: Bonnie Pritchett | May 23rd, 2013
With Thursday’s decision to open Boy Scouts of America membership to homosexual boys, the 70,000 faith-based organizations, including many churches, that have championed the virtues of “duty to God” and moral straightness by sponsoring local troops must decide whether to cut ties with the Scouts or continue their association with evangelistic outreach in mind. Two Texas pastors [...]
SBTC DR teams working in Oklahoma
By: Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor | May 22nd, 2013
MOORE, Okla.—Disaster relief volunteers from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention were on the ground in Moore, Okla., on Thursday, with three teams of clean-up crews and chaplains expected by week’s end to begin aiding in recovery from last Monday’s devastating tornado. SBTC DR Director Jim Richardson said SBTC DR teams would be responding to needs in Moore, where authoriti [...]
Another Gosnell? Texas doctor under scrutiny
By: Tom Strode, Baptist Press | May 20th, 2013
WASHINGTON (BP)—Evidence provided by former workers at a Texas abortion clinic may support what pro-life advocates have been asserting—Kermit Gosnell is not alone. Douglas Karpen, a Houston abortion doctor, has regularly killed babies after their late-term deliveries at his clinic, according to eyewitness testimony from three of his former employees. Their descriptions on video of som [...]
IMB trustees call on Executive Committee to propose ‘substantive changes’ to facilitate recruiting, funding and supporting future missionaries
By: Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor | May 15th, 2013
ROGERS, Ark.—International Mission Board President Tom Elliff succeeded in rallying the enthusiastic support of trustees to send a resolution to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, desiring an “aggressive, proactive and prompt” response to the challenges of missionary mobilization and support. The call for “substantive changes” asks for an EC-d [...]
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Pastors’ Conf. officers provide diverse lineup addressing leadership and family
May 13th, 2013 By: Bonnie Pritchett
HOUSTON—There is nothing typical about the speakers headlining the 2013 Southern Baptist Convent [...]
Hundreds saved at El Paso strength demonstration
May 13th, 2013 By: David Roach
EL PASO—More than 400 professions of faith were recorded at an evangelistic rally and strength d [...]
Houston-area Scout council favors traditional policy, but liberal regions reflect other values.
May 13th, 2013 By: Bonnie Pritchett
HOUSTON—One of the nation’s largest Boy Scouts of America councils voted against the resol [...]
Motherhood: Calling, career or ministry?
May 7th, 2013 By: Melissa Deming
As stay-at-home mothers increasingly become the exception, some women are interpreting Paul’s [...]
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SBTC DR focused on Cleburne after May 16 tornado
May 21st, 2013 / By: Jane Rodgers
Even as a massive tornado ravaged Moore, Okla., on May 20, efforts to clean up the damage caused by the EF-3 and EF-4 tornadoes that ripped through the towns of Granbury, Cleburne and Ennis on May 15 were continuing this week.SBTC disaster relief workers and chaplains were deployed to the area 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth on May 16. At Granbury, SBTC disaster relief director Jim Richardson and [...]
Supporters of ‘morally straight’ Scouts make last-minute appeal
May 20th, 2013 / By: Bonnie Pritchett
Coordinators of 11th-hour rallies supporting the Boy Scouts of America’s existing membership standard hope their public demonstrations will influence those casting ballots this week on whether or not to allow openly homosexual youth into Boy Scout ranks. In the last month BSA councils from across the nation have weighed the issue on the local level and will cast their vote on the resolution [...]
SEC South: Getting caught in the net
May 13th, 2013 / By: Bonnie Pritchett
PHARR—Dozens of students gave their lives to Christ while still more recommitted to their faith or committed to vocational ministry. But one young man couldn’t bring himself to go to the front during the invitation. He felt moved by the message but was obliged to stay put.As a member of the security detail hired to work during the Student Evangelism Conference South event in Pharr, Apr [...]
SENT Conference aims at reaching people groups
May 13th, 2013 / By: Michelle Tyer
Euless—For some Christians, reaching Muslim believers with the gospel is a ministry only for those specifically called to the mission field in the Middle East or other predominately Muslim countries.But this religion, which is the fastest growing in the world and already has over 2 billion followers, is rapidly gaining followers in the United States as well.In a similar way, some may believe [...]
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