Wednesday, September 17, 2014

• BP website launches new look

  by Staff , posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news service, launched today (Sept. 17) its new redesigned website, unveiling an updated look and new features.

  

  This is the first comprehensive Baptist Press redesign of bpnews.net since 2007, said Roger S. Oldham, vice president for convention communications and relations with the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee. The more flexible, user-friendly design will better "position BP to communicate content in the fast-paced world of Christian journalism," he noted. Read More

• Bivocational church model best, Page says

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  

  Photo by Diana Chandler

  ATLANTA (BP) -- The bivocational church model is the best way to make disciples in the 21st Century, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank Page told bivocational and small-membership church pastors he assembled in Atlanta. Read More

• Moore, Scarborough: Optimistic about future

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- A Southern Baptist ethicist and a conservative television talk show host agree there are reasons for optimism despite America's cultural decay. Read More

• College students still needed for Sandy rebuild

  by Laura Sikes, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  

  File photo by Laura Sikes/NAMB

  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (BP) -- As the two-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, Southern Baptists continue to bring help, healing and hope to hundreds of people in New York and New Jersey affected by the Oct. 29, 2012 storm. Read More

• Bivocational, small-church pastors intentional

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  ATLANTA (BP) -- They are all full-time pastors, but many of them are also farmers, public school teachers, salesmen, engineers, construction workers, butchers, agricultural consultants and business owners. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: 2 conversations

  by Hal Ostrander, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (BP) -- Meet Derek and Cynda, wealthy Chicago couple, pillars of Windy City society -- he, a successful senior VP of a thriving corporation; she, a dutiful wife; proud parents of one grown son, Jared, privileged and bred for business savvy. Read More

• Baptist college gains Vermont accreditation

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  

  BENNINGTON, Vt. (BP) -- Northeastern Baptist College has achieved Vermont accreditation and degree-granting authority in a unanimous vote Sept. 16 by the State Board of Education.

  The college, which opened in the fall of 2013 in Bennington, Vt., now has more than three dozen students, at least 25 of whom are full-time. Read More

• Baptists refute 'evangelical' marriage group

  by Art Toalston & Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptist theologians and ethicists have taken exception to a new organization -- Evangelicals for Marriage Equality that is advocating for same-sex marriage in the name of evangelical Christianity. Read More

• Sitio web de BP estrena cambio de imagen

  Por el personal, posted Wednesday, September 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Baptist Press, el servicio de noticias de la Convención Bautista del Sur, estrena hoy (17 de septiembre) su rediseñado sitio web que revela un aspecto actualizado y nuevas características. Read More