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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

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

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

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

Baptist prof fears Haiti arrests will set back adoption movement

A Southern Baptist seminary professor says the arrests of a group of U.S. Baptists accused of trying to remove children from earthquake-stricken Haiti without proper documentation could give a black eye to a budding movement of evangelicals who view adoption as a means of spreading the gospel.

02/02/2010 - By Administrator

Former Southwest Baptist University student pleads guilty to assault

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) — A former football player at Southwest Baptist University pleaded guilty Jan. 25 to second-degree assault in a 2006 beating that left a Bolivar, Mo., man permanently disabled.

01/27/2010 - By admin

Missionaries offer comfort to injured quake victims from Haiti

International Mission Board missionaries help break through language barriers as a clinic in the Dominican Republic swells with injured victims of Haiti's earthquake.

01/27/2010 - By admin

Baptist World Aid workers say situation in Haiti still desperate

A Baptist rescue team in Haiti described the situation there as desperate more than two weeks after a massive earthquake devastated the island nation Jan. 12.

01/26/2010 - By Administrator

Haitians seek shelter near church in Port-au-Prince

A blue tarp tied to what is left of Shiloh Baptist Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, serves as a safe haven for some members who survived the Jan. 12 earthquake.

01/21/2010 - By admin

Church historian: No easy predictions for Baptistsâ next 400 years

Nobody can predict with certainty what the next 400 years hold for Baptists—or for any religious denomination, church historian Martin Marty told a gathering at Baylor University.

01/19/2010 - By Administrator

U.S. Baptists issue urgent fundraising appeals for Haiti

Baptist groups in the United States have launched urgent funding appeals for earthquake relief in Haiti.