Wednesday, May 25, 2016

• The 'forgotten' mark young couple's ministry

  by Kathie Chute, posted Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  SACATON, Ariz. (BP) -- As soon as Eric Gibbs stepped onto the Tohono O'odham Nation, one of the largest Native American reservations in the country, he felt a love for the people there.

  "After seeing the needs of that community, I knew my time in Arizona would be more than just a week," Gibbs said of the short-term mission trip he took as a college student, a trip he didn't think much about beforehand.

  Gibbs returned home to finish his degree and continue his service as a youth minister. But he and his wife Brittany began to pray about relocating to Arizona for long-term ministry. Read More

• Mo. appeals court orders foundation's return

  by Missouri Baptist Convention & Baptist Press Staff, posted Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- The Missouri Baptist Convention's governance of the Missouri Baptist Foundation must be restored, the Missouri Court of Appeals -- Western District ruled May 24.

  The decision is among an array of court proceedings stemming from actions by breakaway trustees of the foundation, with $150 million in assets, and four other Missouri Baptist Convention entities in 2000-2001. Read More

• All need religious liberty, Baptist, others contend

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo from Christian Post

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Religious leaders with widely diverse views called for freedom for all faith groups, not just their own, in a May 23 panel discussion sponsored by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

  Southern Baptist, Roman Catholic, Mormon and Muslim representatives explained to an audience on Capitol Hill why their faith perspectives support universal religious freedom despite the distinctions in their beliefs. Read More

• Publicity surrounding Chibok girl's escape questioned

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Open Doors USA photo

  JOS, Nigeria (BP) -- The escape of a Chibok schoolgirl from Boko Haram is being exploited by the Nigerian government as an accomplishment in efforts to recover more than 200 girls still missing in the 2014 abduction, sources told Baptist Press.

  The Nigerian government has used the escape of Amina Ali Nkeki to create photo opportunities for good publicity internationally, while skirting the ongoing tragedy that the government has not recovered any of the missing girls, Open Doors USA's advocacy director Kristin Wright told BP.

  "It seems to be much more important to the Nigerian government to make good headlines around the world than it is to actually find the Chibok girls," Wright said. Read More

• Native American, Liberian tie missions to Ed.D. degrees

  by Harper McKay, posted Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Maria Estes

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) -- Often the call of the Great Commission brings to mind a missionary taking the Gospel to the unreached or a church planter in places where churches are few. How often, though, do people connect the Great Commission with education?

  Jennifer Barnett and David Tokpah certainly make that connection -- Barnett with Native Americans and Tokpah with the people of Liberia, Africa. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Loving the misfits

  by Jonathon Duke, posted Wednesday, May 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

  Identifying and ministering to those on the fringe of society is paramount for student ministers, Jonathon Duke writes. Through compassionate outreach, the Atlanta-area student minister writes, "we can see more and more of them becoming the catalysts that cause the rest of the crowd to praise God for what He is doing." Read More