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Carter meets with SBC bloggers, who welcome gesture
Updated: 5/20/07
Carter meets with SBC
bloggers, who welcome gestureBy Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
ATLANTA (ABP) — Some of the Southern Baptist Convention's most prominent bloggers reacted positively to a summit they held with former President Jimmy Carter May 17 in Atlanta.
Carter and the leaders discussed building a broad range of Baptist support for an unprecedented gathering of Baptists in North America, set for next year in Georgia's capital city. The "Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant" is scheduled for next January.
05/20/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Giuliani explains views on abortion, gays at HBU
Updated: 5/18/07
Giuliani explains views on abortion, gays at HBU
By Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
HOUSTON (ABP)—The front-runner among potential Republican presidential nominees used a speech at Houston Baptist University to explain his views on abortion rights and other controversial social issues.
But the moderately pro-choice, pro-gay-rights positions former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani staked out in his appearance at the Texas Baptist school still may prove problematic as he attempts to convince social conservatives that he’s their best choice.
Rudy Giuliani speaking at Houston Baptist University. Watch a video clip of his speech here. 05/18/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Successful churches provide meaning and belonging
Posted: 5/18/07
Successful churches provide meaning and belonging
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
WACO—Successful congregations do two things well; they provide people with meaning and with a sense of belonging, said religious researcher Kevin Dougherty.
“To succeed, a church must provide meaning. It must make a compelling case there is something worth believing—worth sacrificing for,” said Dougherty, assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University and a researcher in the school’s Institute for the Studies of Religion.
05/18/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Trial date set in first of five Missouri Baptist lawsuits
Posted: 5/18/07
Trial date set in first of five
Missouri Baptist lawsuitsBy Vicki Brown
Associated Baptist Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP)—A Missouri judge has set a date for the first jury trial in the cases of five statewide Baptist institutions embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the Missouri Baptist Convention.
Jury selection in the convention’s lawsuit against Windermere Baptist Conference Center is set to begin on Oct. 23, with the trial scheduled to run through Oct. 31.
05/18/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Women caught in the crosshairs of global debate over families
Posted: 5/18/07
Women caught in the crosshairs
of global debate over familiesBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
WARSAW (ABP)—Critics of the World Congress on Families called it homophobic and unrealistic. Supporters saluted the recent congress—the fourth such global gathering, which played to a sympathetic audience in conservative Poland—for proclaiming the family unit as the only hope for economic and spiritual growth in Europe.
In each case, women are caught in the crosshairs of the debate—portrayed either as saviors of civilization or victims of conservative dogma.
05/18/2007 - By John Rutledge
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IMB policies on baptism, ‘prayer language’ softened
Posted: 5/16/07
IMB policies on baptism,
‘prayer language’ softenedBy Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP)—Controversial policies for missionaries on baptism and speaking in tongues were slightly softened—but not revoked —by trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board May 8.
The trustees, meeting in Kansas City, approved an ad hoc subcommittee report of the board’s missionary personnel committee, which had spent more than a year studying the issues.
05/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
