• 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

• 

  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

• 

  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

• Christians commanded to love their Muslim neighbors, panelists insist

  A West Texas missions professor who served more than two decades in Indonesia and an Arab Baptist educator from Lebanon emphasized the need to reach out in love to Muslims.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

• 

  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

• 

  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

• 

  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

• 

  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