Baptist Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Sid Hopkins is an eye-catching sight when he visits the Olympics. The retired director of missions for the Atlanta-area Gwinnett Metro Baptist Association dons a hat and vest decorated with hundreds of pins that people aren’t bashful about inspecting. Hopkins trades pins with other Olympics fans while distributing pins made especially for the Olympics that tell the story of Jesus. “There is an
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CLEVELAND, Tenn. (BP) — On the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, Southern Baptists are being urged to join hundreds of thousands of Christians from many denominations and ethnicities in praying for a Christian awakening in the nation. The Sept. 11 Cry Out America prayer outreach of the Awakening America Alliance and Center for Spiritual Renewal, an 8-year-old cooperative initiative encompassing
By David Roach Baptist Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) — With Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore set to stand trial next month on charges he defied federal court rulings on same-sex marriage, a legal adviser to Alabama Baptists’ public policy auxiliary has called the allegations against him unmerited. At issue in Moore’s case is a Jan. 6 administrative order in which he stated Alabama’s 68 probate judges had “a ministerial duty
Baptist Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Suffering third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body, Alaska Baptist evangelism and church growth director Jimmy Stewart is hospitalized and grateful for prayers after being injured in a gas leak explosion at his Alaska cabin. Stewart underwent his fourth surgery Aug. 3 — one of many anticipated in a hospitalization of at least six months followed by convalescence and a lengthy rehabilitation, according to
By Bob Smietana LifeWay Research NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Politics trumps God for most Americans when it comes to conversations with their friends. Six in 10 Americans are more comfortable talking about politics than their spiritual beliefs. And most say they aren’t interested in having more spiritual conversations. By contrast, evangelical Christians prefer talking about God over politics by a 2-to-1 margin. Those are among the findings of an online survey of 1,004
By Julie Walters WMU Communications BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sandra “Sandy” Wisdom-Martin, executive director of WMU of Texas, was unanimously elected executive director/treasurer of Southern Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union, by the WMU executive board during a special called meeting July 29-30. Wisdom-Martin succeeds Wanda Lee, who has served as executive director of the 128-year-old missions organization for the past 16 years, effective Oct. 15. Wisdom-Martin was presented to the board by
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Most Americans see nothing morally wrong with gender change, a study released July 14 shows. Six in 10 Americans don’t think it’s wrong for people to identify with a gender different from their birth sex, according to a LifeWay Research survey conducted Sept. 14-28, 2015. And more than half don’t think it’s wrong to switch genders by taking hormones or having surgery. The findings indicate most
Baptist Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Ten more states have signed on to sue the Obama administration over its transgender directive that forces schools to allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their perceived gender identity rather than their biological sex. The states join 13 others, including Tennessee, which filed a suit in May.
Baptist Message & Baptist Press BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) — Though heartbroken from Sunday’s deadly attack on Baton Rouge law enforcement officers, the community has hope for the future through Christ, said the pastor of a church mere feet away from a police barricade of the incident, which left three law enforcement personnel dead and three others wounded. “In the midst of our sorrow there is hope that God will
Baptist Press WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — Thousands of supporters and media descended on this rural town July 7 for the ribbon cutting of a life-sized replica of Noah’s Ark. The Ark Encounter theme park opened to the public July 7. Answers in Genesis (builders of the ark) officials estimate two million visitors will visit the ark during its first year.
Baptist Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Sid Hopkins is an eye-catching sight when he visits the Olympics. The retired director of missions for the
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press CLEVELAND, Tenn. (BP) — On the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, Southern Baptists are being
By David Roach Baptist Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) — With Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore set to stand trial next month on charges he defied
Baptist Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Suffering third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body, Alaska Baptist evangelism and church growth director Jimmy Stewart is hospitalized
By Bob Smietana LifeWay Research NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Politics trumps God for most Americans when it comes to conversations with their friends. Six in 10 Americans are
By Julie Walters WMU Communications BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sandra “Sandy” Wisdom-Martin, executive director of WMU of Texas, was unanimously elected executive director/treasurer of Southern Baptist
Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Most Americans see nothing morally wrong with gender change, a study released July 14 shows. Six in 10 Americans don’t think
Baptist Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Ten more states have signed on to sue the Obama administration over its transgender directive that forces schools to allow
Baptist Message & Baptist Press BATON ROUGE, La. (BP) — Though heartbroken from Sunday’s deadly attack on Baton Rouge law enforcement officers, the community has
Baptist Press WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — Thousands of supporters and media descended on this rural town July 7 for the ribbon cutting of a life-sized replica
