The people speak: A history of marriage votes
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Days following North Carolina voters banning gay marriage, Barack Obama on May 9 made history by becoming the first sitting United States president to endorse homosexual marriage. Every state that has voted on the issue of marriage—a total of 31 including Texas—has affirmed the traditional definition of marriage being between [...]
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Pastors respond to president on gay marriage
It didn’t take long for response to President Obama’s endorsement of homosexual marriage to emerge from Texas pastors and ministry leaders. Obama cited his Christian faith in his May 9 announcement and stated that the Golden Rule weighs heavily in his faith alongside Christ’s sacrifice. Only a couple of hours after the [...]
Continue ReadingLand issues 5-part apology for Trayvon Martin comments
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A five-part apology for "injudicious comments" was released today (May 9) by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, regarding the Trayvon Martin killing. Land's apology stemmed from a May 2 meeting in which several key African American leaders were in attendance, including Fred Luter, [...]
Continue ReadingCROSSOVER 2012
NEW ORLEANS—Jack Hunter, director of missions at New Orleans Baptist Association, says God has been at work in the Big Easy. When Southern Baptists from other regions arrive for the pre-convention Crossover events in June, he expects that spiritual wave to continue to swell. The churches there have been enthusiastic in preparing [...]
Continue ReadingLand: America's fate hinges on saved getting right
HOUSTON—Calling upon a common Scripture reference for national redemption, Richard Land told those gathered at a National Day of Prayer breakfast in Houston on May 3 that the United States will have a spiritual reformation when the saved get their lives right with God. Using 2 Chronicles 7:14 as his text, [...]
Continue Reading'We are all sent'
EULESS—“We need to equip our friends, our churches, our Sunday School classes, our small groups to think like missionaries,” the International Mission Board’s Eric King told those gathered in a classroom at First Baptist Church of Euless for a session called “5 Milestones of a Missional Church.” His plea could easily [...]
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