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  North American Baptists examine series of ‘shifts’

  Baptists from across Canada and the United States examined seven key “shifts” July 29 that have impacted the North American Baptist Fellowship.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Faith & Fitness: Exercise good, but only in moderation

  The Bible portrays the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit. But some caution that too much focus on “temple care” can become a sin.

  07/29/2010 - By admin

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  Preach good news, proclaim freedom, seminary president urges Baptists

  Preach Christ’s good news and proclaim freedom, Argentine seminary president Pablo Deiros challenged participants at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu July 29.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

• Vietnamese churches join Baptist World Alliance

  Some of the globe’s most persecuted Christians found an international home when the Baptist World Alliance admitted the Baptist Churches in Vietnam into the global organization.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Listen to the Spirit, receive the anointing, Coffey urges Baptists

  Human effort and creative strategies lead to futility apart from an anointing by God’s Holy Spirit, British Baptist leader David Coffey told the opening session of the Baptist World Congress, July 28 in Honolulu.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  U.S. denies visas to about 1,000 hoping to attend BWA Congress

  As many as 1,000 people who had registered for the Baptist World Alliance’s Congress this year were unable to attend because they were denied visas by the U.S. government, leaders of the global Baptist organization said July 28.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

• South Africa to host continent’s first Baptist World Congress in 2015

  For the first time, the Baptist World Congress will be held in Africa in 2015, according to a July 27 announcement from Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam.

  07/28/2010 - By Administrator

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  Should churches allow sex offenders in pews?

  “All are welcome” is a common phrase on many a church sign and website. But what happens when a convicted sex offender takes those words literally?

  07/28/2010 - By admin

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  Southern Baptists’ large military presence colors gay debate

  Repeal of a military ban on openly gay members is expected by many. But Southern Baptists, who have many more active-duty military chaplains than any other denomination, are not giving up without a fight.

  07/28/2010 - By admin

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  Ministry offers a place of stability for people left adrift

  After a debilitating drug addiction cost him jobs, his home and ultimately time in jail, Danny Evans found himself at the front door of Union Gospel Mission, a Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger-supported ministry that serves roughly 75 percent of the city’s homeless through a variety of aid programs.

  07/28/2010 - By admin

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  Physical and spiritual exercise meet in NIA, divinity student says

  Claire McKeever, a Baylor University graduate studying for the ministry at Vanderbilt Divinity School, preaches that worship isn’t just for the soul. She teaches Neuromuscular Integrative Action, a mind/body/spirit exercise experience that combines yoga, martial arts and dance.

  07/28/2010 - By admin

• Poverty-medicine clinic preaches the gospel of fitness

  Fitness can, literally, be a life-and-death issue for people in underprivileged communities. So a Christian medical ministry in one of the nation’s poorest big cities is preaching the gospel of fitness through local churches.

  07/28/2010 - By admin