ERLC, Focus unveil 2016 Evangelicals for Life
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) -- Southern Baptists' ethics entity and a leading pro-family organization took a public, first step Thursday (Jan. 22) in mobilizing extensive evangelical Christian involvement in the annual March for Life. The Ethics & Religious...
SBC Churches: Own Up, Wake Up, and Rise Up
By Ronnie Floyd The 50,000+ churches and congregations of the Southern Baptist Convention must understand the urgency of this hour in which we live. As far back as I can remember, I know of no time more critical and more urgent than the one we are living in right now....
The church needs more tattoos
By Russell Moore U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) often tells audiences, “Republican Party events need more people with tattoos.” It struck me, as I heard him say this, that this is kind of what evangelical Christians ought to be saying about our churches. It struck me...
Russell Moore: Abortion and the Gospel
By Russell Moore As last Thursday, January 22, marked the forty-second anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, most Christians recognize, and rightly so, the loss of millions of unborn human lives. What we often forget is the second casualty of an...
Iowans attend the Midwest Leadership Summit
Over 1,100 church leaders from across the Midwest traveled to Springfield Illinois for the Midwest Leadership Summit on January 20-22. Sixty nine pastors, church leaders and key lay people from Iowa attended the event. The Midwest Leadership Summit is a triennial...
‘Deflate-gate’ grips, faith lifts Patriots
by Shawn Hendricks PHOENIX (BP) -- The New England Patriots looked all business as they stepped off the airplane in Phoenix for this weekend's Super Bowl. Sports commentators noted there weren't many smiles coming from a team dogged in recent days by allegations...
Dockery, at MBTS, examines the state of evangelicalism
By T. Patrick Hudson KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) -- Christian university leader David Dockery spoke on "Evangelicalism: Past, Present, and Future" at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in a mid-January address. Dockery, president of Trinity International University...
Seahawks Assistant Coach: ‘Jesus is Better Than the Super Bowl’
From thegospelcoalition.org. In his interview with The Gospel Coalition about his faith, his football career, and Super Bowl XLIX, Seattle Seahawks assistant coach Rocky Seto asked for one editorial favor. “Could we emphasize that Jesus is better than anything this...
‘Pop Up Church’ aims to reach millennials
by Shawn Hendricks PHOENIX (BP) -- At Fair Trade Cafe in downtown Phoenix, where Super Bowl excitement continues to build, the big game seemed to be the last thing on Jim Helman's mind. Customers sipped their espressos and chatted at the popular coffee shop earlier...
Winter storm Juno brings reminder of disaster preparedness need
By Meredith Yackel ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Winter storm Juno hit areas of the Northeast early this week and continues to bring moderate to heavy snow in some areas. Although its impact is less than originally predicted, by noon Tuesday Juno had left parts of Connecticut,...
