• Texans tapped for BWA service

  The Baptist World Alliance selected about two dozen Texas Baptists for service on the global organization’s committees and commissions during the 20th Baptist World Congress this summer.

  08/03/2010 - By Administrator

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  Group that demanded apology over view of women’s roles still waiting

  An organizer of a recent women's-rights convention for evangelical Christians said the group is still awaiting a response more than a week after demanding a public apology from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood for teaching they say is harmful to women.

  08/03/2010 - By Administrator

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  BWAid leader reflects on 20 years of relief and development

  Standing in the exhibit hall during the Baptist World Congress in Honolulu, Paul Montacute surveys the array of displays and smiles with delight.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Holy Spirit transforms communities, creation African Baptist says

  Christians who listen to the Holy Spirit will experience transformation and become agents of transformation, an African Baptist leader told the Baptist World Congress.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Become ‘jubilee people,’ pastor tells world Baptists

  Christians are called to join Jesus as “jubilee people,” Australian pastor Allan Demond told participants at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu July 31.

  08/01/2010 - By Marv Knox

• 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