Wednesday, April 08, 2015

• 150 YEARS AFTER APPOMATTOX: A redemptive surrender

  by Stephen Douglas Wilson, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo: Alaskan Dude [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

  PADUCAH, KY. (BP) -- Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived at the McLean House near Appomattox, Va., On April 9, 1865, to meet with Union commander Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant).

  Nearly surrounded and with an undernourished army, Lee sought generous surrender terms from the Union army leader whose wartime nickname was "Unconditional Surrender Grant." Both men knew that what they decided on here would set the tone for the nation after the grueling four-year Civil War. Read More

• Rebuild efforts continue 2-plus years after Sandy

  by Laura Sikes, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo by Laura Sikes/NAMB

  LONG BEACH, N.Y. (BP) -- Two and a half years after Superstorm Sandy struck, Jim Clark and his wife Ena of Long Beach, N.Y., are working to get into their new home with the help of Southern Baptist volunteers.

  Sandy's storm surge lifted and shifted their home of 35 years off its foundation. Read More

• Ohio pastor Chad Keck to be 2nd VP nominee

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- Ohio pastor Chad Keck will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention in June, a fellow Ohio pastor announced April 7.

  Keck has been senior pastor of the Dayton-area First Baptist Church of Kettering since December 2010, having earlier served churches in Florida, Texas and Tennessee during 14 years in the ministry. He also is a former collegiate ministry event coordinator for LifeWay Christian Resources. Read More

• Students in Kenya to hold day of prayer

  by Toni Braddix, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Screen capture from CBS News

  NAIROBI, Kenya (BP) -- In an attempt to counter the fear, suspicion and anxiety that followed last week's (April 2) terrorist attack at Garissa University in eastern Kenya, Christian students at the University of Nairobi are organizing a day of fasting and prayer on their campus.

  A Christian worker in Kenya shared his belief that even terrorists can be reconciled to God. "The only way to stop terrorism is by the Gospel transforming the would-be attackers," he said. "As in the case of Paul the Apostle, these men once transformed could turn the world of terror upside down for the glory of God." Read More

• 'Pray for Marriage' ERLC urges for Supreme Court

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is inviting Christians to pray regarding what might be a landmark decision on marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court.

  The ERLC launched its Pray for Marriage initiative Tuesday (April 7), three weeks before the high court's April 28 oral arguments involving same-sex marriage. The justices are expected to issue an opinion by late June or early July. Read More

• Germanwings tragedy reminder of true security

  by Carl Neumann, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  DÜSSELDORF, Germany (BP) -- Germans are understandably in a state of utter shock and disbelief about the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps March 24. This tragedy is not just some anonymous event, but intimate and personal. Read More

• Midwestern named among fastest-growing seminaries

  by T. Patrick Hudson, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ranks among the fastest growing seminaries in North America, according to report published by the Association of Theological Schools.

  The article by ATS, an accrediting agency, expounded upon "Why 100 Member Schools have Grown," saying 37-percent of its 273 institutions have grown over the past five years -- with 12 of the 100 schools experiencing growth of at least 50 percent. Among these 12 schools in the March 31 report is Midwestern Seminary. Read More

• Ariz. abortionists face new consent requirement

  by Courtney Crandell/WORLD News Service, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Arizona's governor has signed into law a bill that prohibits abortion insurance from being purchased through Obamacare's taxpayer-subsidized insurance program. The bill also requires abortionists to inform women that two-step chemical abortions can be reversed. Read More

• Bible Study: April 12, 2015

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: SBC annual meeting -- 7 reasons to be in Columbus

  by Ronnie Parrott, posted Wednesday, April 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  Ronnie Parrott of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas writes that this year's SBC annual meeting will be a time "to worship our risen King Jesus, launch missionaries, hear about the training of a new generation of pastors and pray for God to move and work like never before." Read More