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LifeWay moves forward with possible property sale

Based on the positive results of a feasibility study, LifeWay Christian Resources is moving forward with the possible sale of its Nashville headquarters property.

01/22/2015 - By Carol Pipes / LifeWay Christian Resources

Baptist church finds downtown niche in shower ministry

A ministry of First Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tenn., to the downtown homeless community was launched by young voices who ascertained a need for this unmet service in the city.

01/22/2015 - By John Rutledge

SBC leader sees ‘chasm’ between liberal, evangelical denominations

SBC leader sees ‘chasm’ between liberals, evangelicals

Evangelical Christianity and liberal Protestantism are different and competing religions, Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., asserted in a podcast.

01/22/2015 - By John Rutledge

Retired Texas teacher plants church, baptizes 60 in 2 years

Retired Texas teacher Mike Alexander couldn’t get the mobile home park children of Aurora, Colo., out of his mind after a mission trip there in the summer of 2012.

01/21/2015 - By Tobin Perry / North American Mission Board

‘Holy irritant’ can move Baptists beyond comfort zones, Warnock says

The pastor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s spiritual home challenged the New Baptist Covenant to move beyond comfort zones of race and theology toward a “covenant community” characterized by “creative and redemptive agitation” necessary for substantive change.

01/16/2015 - By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global

Brad Creed elected Campbell University president

Trustees of Campbell University unanimously elected Brad Creed president of the Baptist-affiliated school in Buies Creek, N.C.

01/09/2015 - By Robert Dilday / Baptist News Global

Glorieta lawsuit reassigned to new judge

A lawsuit challenging LifeWay Christian Resources’ sale of Glorieta Conference Center in 2013 has been reassigned to a new judge.

01/09/2015 - By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global

Baptist chaplains wage offensive for military care

Current and retired military chaplains are responding to the spiritual, emotional and physical consequences of unprecedented frequency and duration of wartime operations.

01/08/2015 - By Vicki Brown and Jeff Brumley

Missions leader Carolyn Weatherford Crumpler dies

Carolyn Weatherford Crumpler, who promoted Southern Baptist Convention missions 31 years as head of Woman’s Missionary Union before helping form the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 1991, died Jan. 2 in Cincinnati.

01/05/2015 - By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global

State engineer orders Glorieta to cease pumping water

New Mexico’s state engineer ordered Glorieta Conference Center to cease pumping water into its pond and the overflow into Glorieta Creek.

12/30/2014 - By John Rutledge

Baylor expert suggests ways to develop generosity in 2015

“What does generosity mean? What does it mean to be a generous person?” Baylor University’s course in “Philanthropy and the Public Good” is trying to answer those questions.

12/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

Baptist Briefs: BWA welcomes change in U.S.-Cuba relationship

Leaders of the Baptist World alliance applauded announced changes in the relationship between the United States and Cuba.

12/19/2014 - By John Rutledge