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Spiritual revival is taking place in the midst of the Syrian crisis, a Lebanese Baptist leader recently told missions partners at the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
09/27/2013 - By John Rutledge
A Baptist church is among at least 18 reportedly torched by Egyptian supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
08/15/2013 - By John Rutledge
The Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers powerfully illustrated a grim reality: garment workers in Third World countries take enormous risks to earn a living producing clothing for Western retailers.
05/24/2013 - By John Rutledge
A German family seeking asylum in the United States so they can home-school their children lost their appeal in federal court, but their lawyers say they’re prepared to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case.
05/17/2013 - By John Rutledge
Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for the release of an Iranian-American minister from a Tehran prison, a welcome step for advocates who accused the State Department of being AWOL on the case.
03/28/2013 - By John Rutledge
Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis I, March 13, after only two days of voting in the conclave tasked with choosing a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.
03/13/2013 - By John Rutledge
Since 1903, papal conclaves have averaged a mere three days in duration, and some—including the last one, in 2005—lasted a mere 24 hours.
03/12/2013 - By John Rutledge
The biggest worry for most American Idol contestants is whether the judges will let them continue to the next round. But some singers on Idol-like programs abroad have a bigger worry—that religious extremists will kill them.
03/08/2013 - By John Rutledge
With help from the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering, Baptist churches in five Romanian villages stand between Gypsies and starvation.
02/21/2013 - By John Rutledge
The United States doesn’t have a monopoly on people who claim to be spiritual but not religious, a group of Baptist ministers in North Texas learned from a Latvian Baptist leader.
02/12/2013 - By John Rutledge
Article on papyrus delayed. The Harvard Theological Review is postponing publication of a major article on the papyrus fragment in which Jesus seems to refer to his wife, raising further doubts about a discovery that captured headlines when it was announced last September.
01/08/2013 - By admin
DALLAS—A Korean Texas Baptist recently delivered 60 tons of corn to North Korea, where he visited three schools for orphans and a hospital that will benefit from the shipment.
