By Jane Rodgers Southern Baptist Texan EDITOR’S NOTE: May 29 is Memorial Day. SAN ANTONIO (BP) — As an Air Force pararescueman in Vietnam, Doug Brinson often faced death to save downed pilots, including a treacherous three-week stretch of missions in 1972 that shaped his life in ways he will never forget. “I probably aged a few years in those three weeks,” Brinson said. Brinson’s parents urged him to follow
International Mission Board Imagine not taking in food or drink during daylight hours for twenty-eight days straight. Envision what it would be like for that practice to be directly linked to your standing in society or your stature with God. This is the reality for Muslims during the month of Ramadan, a time when every follower of Islam is encouraged (and in some cases required) to spend the month exercising
by David Roach Baptist Press EDITOR’S NOTE: The full text of SBC President Steve Gaines’ call to prayer is printed below. PHOENIX (BP) — Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines has called Southern Baptists to 21 days of prayer and fasting leading up to the SBC annual meeting in Phoenix. The fast will begin May 23 and end June 12, the day preceding the June 13-14 SBC annual meeting, Gaines
By David Roach, Baptist Press and Marilyn Stewart, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary RIDGELAND, Miss. (BP) — Grady Cothen — the former chief executive of a state convention, a Southern Baptist university and two Southern Baptist Convention entities — died May 19 at The Orchard retirement home in Ridgeland, Miss. He was 96. Among his service to Southern Baptists, Cothen was executive secretary of the Southern Baptist General Convention of
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s not often an evangelist with the following of Billy Graham’s son Franklin hosts gospel events in communities as small as Jackson, home to about 68,000 people. Fresh from the success of the 2016 Decision America Tour that drew a total of 230,000 people to prayer rallies in all 50 states, Franklin Graham is focusing on small and medium-sized towns in Tennessee
By Julie Owens Baptist Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Southern Baptist medical missionary and martyr Bill Wallace suffered profoundly in his last weeks on earth, but he had long been prepared. “There is no sacrifice in all the world too great for a man to make for the Lord Jesus Christ,” he wrote in an emotional letter shared with his home congregation just before he left for his fateful mission
By Tom Strode Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The Tennessee legislature has overwhelmingly approved a ban on post-viability abortions, drawing praise from the president of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and the head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity. The House of Representatives voted 69-18 in favor of the Tennessee Infants Protection Act May 3, two days after the Senate passed the legislation in a 27-3 vote. Gov. Bill Haslam,
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) — From 45,000 or more venues including public parks, courthouses, churches, community centers, government buildings and the like, concerted pleas went up to God for America on the 66th annual National Day of Prayer. “O Lord, Listen! O Lord, Forgive! O Lord, Hear and Act!” was the organized cry drawn from Daniel 9:19 today (May 4), that birthed perhaps hundreds of thousands of
By Bob Smietana Lifeway Research NASHVILLE — Americans have a positive view of the Bible. And many say the Christian Scriptures are filled with moral lessons for today. However, more than half of Americans have read little or none of the Bible. Less than a quarter of those who have ever read a Bible have a systematic plan for reading the Christian Scriptures each day. And a third of Americans
Baptist Press PHOENIX — As this year’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting approaches, SBC President and Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines says fellow Baptists should anticipate emphases on prayer, evangelism, and financial stewardship at the June 13-14 gathering in Phoenix, where the 2003 and 2011 annual meetings also were held. This year’s annual meeting theme is “Pray! For such a time as this” based on Luke 18:1 and Esther 4:14. Gaines
By Jane Rodgers Southern Baptist Texan EDITOR’S NOTE: May 29 is Memorial Day. SAN ANTONIO (BP) — As an Air Force pararescueman in Vietnam, Doug
International Mission Board Imagine not taking in food or drink during daylight hours for twenty-eight days straight. Envision what it would be like for that
by David Roach Baptist Press EDITOR’S NOTE: The full text of SBC President Steve Gaines’ call to prayer is printed below. PHOENIX (BP) — Southern
By David Roach, Baptist Press and Marilyn Stewart, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary RIDGELAND, Miss. (BP) — Grady Cothen — the former chief executive of
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s not often an evangelist with the following of Billy Graham’s son Franklin hosts gospel events in
By Julie Owens Baptist Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Southern Baptist medical missionary and martyr Bill Wallace suffered profoundly in his last weeks on earth,
By Tom Strode Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The Tennessee legislature has overwhelmingly approved a ban on post-viability abortions, drawing praise from the president of the
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) — From 45,000 or more venues including public parks, courthouses, churches, community centers, government buildings and the like,
By Bob Smietana Lifeway Research NASHVILLE — Americans have a positive view of the Bible. And many say the Christian Scriptures are filled with moral
Baptist Press PHOENIX — As this year’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting approaches, SBC President and Tennessee pastor Steve Gaines says fellow Baptists should anticipate
