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Do Baptist annual meetings have a future?
’Tis the season for Baptist annual meetings. But will declining numbers, the expense of gathering people for face-to-face encounters and rapid advances in technology soon mean the demise of the rite?
Occult obsession now a folk religion, say some
As vacationers pack their beach bags with teen paranormal romances and movie-goers await "World War Z," what are Christians to make of this fascination with vampires, zombies, werewolves and witchcraft?
Study suggests WW II experiences led veterans to church
A new study with implications for clergy and counselors has found that American veterans who had a negative experience serving during World War II attend church more frequently today than those who were less troubled by their service.
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By Jeff Brumley
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Southern Baptists experienced little antagonism during their annual convention in Houston — a phenomenon that surprised some and delighted most SBC officials and messengers. There were plenty of opportunities for controversy. But none of that happened.
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By Jeff Brumley
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Growing disagreements over the role of Calvinism will make the Southern Baptist Convention stronger, not weaker, as long as its focus remains on evangelism, members of an advisory team commissioned to study the topic told hundreds in Houston June 10.
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By Bob Allen
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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The Southern Baptist Convention stopped short of urging churches to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in a June 11 resolution expressing “continued opposition to and disappointment in the decision of the Boy Scouts of America to change its membership policy.”
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By Jeff Brumley
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Compared to Southern Baptist Convention resolutions on the Boy Scouts and sex abuse, the one urging churches to develop intentional ministries for the mentally ill got scant attention from local and national media. But it wasn’t overlooked by Ronnie Floyd.
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By John Evans
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Fred Luter Jr., pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, was re-elected president of the SBC June 11. Mark A. Croston Sr., pastor of East End Baptist Church in Suffolk, Va., nominated Luter for the office, calling him “the kind of guy we need on the scene.”
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By Barbara Francis
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
Church news, staff moves and more
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By Robert Dilday
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Churches affiliated with the District of Columbia Baptist Convention will see diminished representation on the governing boards of Southern Baptist Convention agencies and institutions, following a June 11 vote. At its annual meeting in Houston, the SBC adopted a recommendation to designate D.C., Maryland and Delaware as a “defined territory” to determine eligibility for representation on SBC committees and entity boards.
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By Herald Staff
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
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Cherilyn Crowe has been named director of communications for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, succeeding Jeff Huett, who was named the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s associate coordinator of communications and advancement. Crowe joined the BJC staff in 2009 as associate director of communications after nearly a decade in television news. |
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By Barbara Francis
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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As travelers packed their bags and hit the interstates for their favorite getaway on Memorial Day, volunteers from churches in the Petersburg (Va.) Baptist Association were packing coolers, coffee pots and coloring books to greet visitors at four nearby rest areas.
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By Herald Staff
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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Eboni Marshall Turman, an ordained minister in the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc, has been named director of Duke Divinity School’s office of black church studies and assistant research professor of black church studies. Marshall Turman served as an assistant minister of Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City for 10 years and has taught at two other seminaries.
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By Barbara Francis
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Monday, June 10, 2013 |
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When volunteers for Habitat for Humanity are working at build sites, they often use markers to write words of encouragement on 2x4s while the house is under construction, according to Cristi Lawton, development director for Habitat for Humanity in Hanover County, Va.
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By Chris Shoemaker
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Friday, June 07, 2013 |
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Bluefield College is partnering with the Christian Leaders Link and the Network for Theological Education to offer programs which train and better equip ministers and laypersons for more effective ministry and leadership in churches and communities.
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By Adelle M. Banks
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Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
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Black clergy from across the country, led by the Progressive National Baptist Convention, have launched a new coalition to fight gun violence, saying they are undeterred by the recent failure of legislation on Capitol Hill and all too aware of the problem of gun violence.
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PERSPECTIVE
JIM WHITE
For the CBF and SBC, it's time to take separate journeys
BILL WILSON
An alternate future
JOHN CHANDLER
The new conversation
FRED ANDERSON
Pastors and parenting
GARY LONG
Grappling with hard questions in the pulpit
ANDREW GARDNER
Location and insights
JIM WHITE
Always looking for an enemy
LISA COLE SMITH
Embracing the power
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
• Tea Party parallel is at best a stretch
• A more secular Europe, divided by the cross | New York Times, 6/17
• Egypt preacher spared jail for 'insulting' Christianity | AFP, 6/16
• SBC president says his church will stop hosting Boy Scouts after vote to accept openly gay scouts | Birmingham News, 6/15
• Texas governor signs 'Merry Christmas' law; says religious freedom is not freedom from religion | Washington Post, 6/14
• Christian faithful to debate role, influence in GOP; weak turnout at polls raises alarm | Washington Times, 6/12
• Charlotte Observer religion reporter arrested in Raleigh protest | Raleigh News & Observer, 6/10
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A decade later, Southern Baptists adapt to different political climate, culture, influence
| Washington Post, 6/9
• Republican Party to step up outreach to evangelicals with hiring of Baptist | CNN, 6/8
• A biblical task: translating the Bible in the 21st century | BBC, 6/6
• Bible's strong comeback surprises secular Norway | ABC News, 6/6
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