• Scholar says faith-based initiative failed to increase churches’ role

  Eight years of President George W. Bush's faith-based agenda to increase religion's role in providing social services had little impact on day-to-day ministries of local congregations, according to scholar at Duke Divinity School.

  01/08/2010 - By Administrator

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  SBC president undergoes surgery

  Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt underwent successful cancer surgery Jan. 7 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. An update on the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., website said Hunt rested well after the operation and was expected to be released from the hospital Jan. 8.

  01/08/2010 - By Administrator

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  Report says use of death penalty on decline in United States

  Fewer death sentences were imposed in 2009 than in any year since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, according to year-end statistics compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.

  01/07/2010 - By Administrator

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  Tajikistan quake relief assessment under way

  A Jan. 2 earthquake that struck a mountainous region of Tajikistan has left hundreds, perhaps thousands, of villagers homeless in bitter winter weather, Southern Baptist humanitarian workers in Central Asia report.

  01/07/2010 - By Administrator

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  CERI completes decade delivering hope to orphans in Eastern Europe

  For a decade, volunteers from throughout the United States have spent their Christmas vacations in Eastern Europe making the harsh winter a little warmer for orphans.

  01/06/2010 - By admin

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  Trip to Myanmar prompts launch of Karen refugee church in Austin

  More than 1,000 Karen refugees from Myanmar—formerly called Burma—moved to Austin in recent years. Now  Baptists in the area have started a church focused on reaching them.

   

  01/06/2010 - By admin

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  Israel’s Messianic Jews wary of stepped-up persecution

  A decades-old harassment of Messianic Jews by anti-missionary zealots in Isreal has intensified in recent years, as ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups dedicated to stopping missionary activity have grown stronger and more confident.

  01/06/2010 - By admin

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  Building damaged, congregation hopeful after Little Hope fire

  The East Texas community bears the name “Little Hope,” but that doesn’t reflect the Baptist congregation there, despite a fire New Year’s Day that destroyed the church’s fellowship hall, kitchen and education space.

  01/06/2010 - By admin

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  Former IMB administrator, MasterLife creator, diagnosed with leukemia

  Avery Willis, a former Southern Baptist missionary and administrator best known as developer of the MasterLife discipleship materials used around the world, has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.

  01/06/2010 - By Administrator

• More than 1,200 crimes against churches reported

  Nationally, more than 1,200 crimes were committed against Christian churches and ministries in 2009, according to an unofficial tally by a firm that specializes in church security.

  01/06/2010 - By Administrator

• In 2010 predictions, Pat Robertson says America under God’s wrath

  Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said God's wrath is looming over a nation headed for economic ruin in his annual predictions for the coming year Jan. 4 on "The 700 Club."

  01/05/2010 - By Administrator

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  Blessed are the Persecuted: Where persecution is real, it’s intense

  In places around the world where Christians face beatings, economic reprisal, imprisonment or even death because of their faith, claims of religious persecution in the United States ring hollow.

  12/31/2009 - By admin