Baptists respond to Haiti earthquake

Baptist World Aid has pledged $20,000 in emergency funds for earthquake-stricken Haiti, the head of the relief-and-development arm of the Baptist World Alliance said Jan. 13.

01/13/2010 - By Administrator

New statement ‘first-ever consensus’ on religious expression and the law

Trial under way for former Baptist preacher charged with murder

Jury selection got under way Jan. 12 in a murder trial of a former Texas Baptist minister accused of killing his wife.

01/12/2010 - By Administrator

‘Davey and Goliath’ creator dies at age 88

Art Clokey, the creator of the animated icon Gumby and his clay Christian counterparts Davey and Goliath, died Jan. 8 at his home in California. He was 88.

01/12/2010 - By Administrator

Study says larger churches hit harder by economy

The economic recession has hit larger churches harder than it has smaller ones, according to a new survey by the Barna Group.

01/11/2010 - By Administrator

‘The Book of Eli’ casts Bible as a major theme

The Bible plays a starring role in "The Book of Eli," a post-apocalyptic action film starring Denzel Washington.

01/11/2010 - By Administrator

Persecution of Christians in North Korea likely to worsen in 2010

Persecution of Christians is set to worsen in North Korea, the world's worst trouble spot for Christians, in 2010, according to a group that tracks the status of Christians globally.

01/11/2010 - By Administrator

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

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

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

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

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