• Science vs. religion? Unnecessary battle

  Science and religion do not need to quarrel, a molecular engineer and an ethicist told participants at the 20th Baptist World Congress.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

• Missions demands local strategies, global vision, panelists assert

  Innovative missions today demand contextualized ministries shaped by local churches—not one-size-fits-all imported strategies implemented by professionals, a missions professor from Texas and a pastor from South Australia told a focus group at the Baptist World Congress.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

• Christianity’s relation to culture a matter of spiritual discernment

  Should Christians ever abandon their cultures for the sake of the gospel. Baptists from all over the planet struggled with what to “embrace” and what to “release” of their cultures during a discussion session held in conjunction with the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Christians must liberate & be liberated, seminarian tells BWA

  Christians are called to be agents of liberation, but they also desperately need to be liberated themselves, ministry educator Janet Clark stressed at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu July 30.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Liberation should mark Christianity’s mission, educator tells BWA

  Liberation marked the ministry of Jesus Christ, and it should characterize the mission of God’s people today, a professor and advocate for marginalized women told the Baptist World Congress.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  BWA confirms John Upton as president for next 5 years

  The Baptist World Alliance has elected John Upton, executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia and a former missionary and pastor, as its new president.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

• Focus group explores ethics of tourism

  Baptists meeting in one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations were reminded July 29 that beneath the glitz and glitter of the tourism industry lie moral issues that call for a Christian response.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Women combat poverty, abuse by walking in the Spirit

  As women from every corner of the world gathered in their native dress with festive country displays in celebration of God’s movement among all peoples during the BWA Women’s Leadership Conference, the sea of colorful garb soon contrasted with the harsh reality of the state of women in the world today.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

• If Jesus needed the Spirit, then so do Christians today, says U.S. pastor

  Today’s Christians need the Holy Spirit’s guidance, just like Jesus did 2,000 years ago, a U.S. pastor told participants at the Baptist World Congress.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

• Faithful preachers proclaim without fear, Jamaican Baptist insists

  Preaching should be dangerous business, because faithful preachers dare to deliver a message from God — regardless of the consequences, Karl Johnson, general secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union, told the Baptist World Congress.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

• World Baptists honor Lotz for human rights advocacy

  To be true to their heritage and principles, Baptists must continue the fight for religious liberty for all people, insisted Denton Lotz, who received the Baptist World Alliance’s Human Rights Award July 30 in Honolulu.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Longtime mission leader Avery Willis dies

  Avery Willis, a former Southern Baptist missionary and administrator best known as developer of the MasterLife discipleship materials used around the world, died July 30, nearly eight months after being diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. He was 76.

  07/30/2010 - By Administrator