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  Great Commission Task Force head surprised at backlash to report

  The head of a task force appointed last summer to recommend ways to make the Southern Baptist Convention more effective in reaching the lost said he was surprised by negative reaction to parts of the group's preliminary report.

  03/16/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs: Chile quake devastates churches

  About 250 Baptist churches in Chile were destroyed in the powerful earthquake that shook the country Feb. 27, according to the Baptist World Alliance.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  At 100, minister slows down, but he keeps on serving God

  J.W. Archie, who just turned 100 years old, still performs his usual duties as associate pastor for Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist Church in Thomas, Ala.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

• Widow shares experience on one-year anniversary of pastor’s slaying

  March 8, 2009, started out as a fairly normal Sunday for Cindy Winters. Her husband, Fred, got up early to preach the 8:15 a.m. service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill. One of their daughters rode with her father because she was working in the nursery that morning. Cindy and their other daughter came later. Then the nightmare began.

  03/08/2010 - By Administrator

• African-American Baptist groups pledge $50 million for Haiti

  America's five largest historically African-American Baptist organizations are cooperating to raise $50 million to help rebuild Haiti and provide aid to victims of a Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the area surrounding the capital of Port-au-Prince.

  03/03/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptist expert says Establishment Clause applies to foreign policy

  A Baptist church-state specialist voiced concern about a think-tank report urging a new direction for U.S. foreign policy focused on the role religion plays in world affairs.

  03/02/2010 - By Administrator

• Former Baptist editor Fletcher Allen dies

  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (ABP) — A retired denominational journalist who worked three decades at Baptist newspapers in three states died Feb. 27 after a long battle with cancer.

  03/02/2010 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs

  Max Lyall, a concert and church pianist who taught 25 years at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, died unexpectedly Feb. 18.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  Task force calls for more cooperation between SBC entities

  A task force studying ways to make the Southern Baptist Convention more effective recommended greater flexibility and cooperation among state and national entities in a progress report to the SBC Executive Committee Feb. 22.

  02/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  African-American Baptists collaborate to help Haiti

  Presidents of five historically African-American Baptist denominations announced Feb. 12 they were collaborating to respond more effectively to human need in Haiti.

  02/22/2010 - By Administrator

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  Seminary president labels Southern Baptist mission strategy ‘heresy’

  The president of Liberty Theological Seminary has labeled a method used by Southern Baptist missionaries to spread the gospel in Muslim lands deceptive and heretical.

  02/18/2010 - By Administrator

• Idaho church hopeful that members in Haiti will be released

  Leaders of a Southern Baptist church in Idaho said Feb. 11 they were encouraged by reports that a judge in Haiti has recommended release of 10 mission volunteers being held on child-kidnapping charges but were still awaiting official word.

  02/12/2010 - By Administrator