Thursday, October 16, 2014

• McDonald's, Starbucks asked to filter Wi-Fi

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A campaign requesting that McDonald's and Starbucks implement pornography filters in conjunction with their free Wi-Fi service at U.S. locations is "righteous" and should receive enthusiastic support from "people of faith," a leader of Southern Baptists' anti-pornography initiative told Baptist Press. Read More

• Drop pastor subpoenas, Texas AG to city atty.

  by Bonnie Pritchett/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

  HOUSTON (BP) -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott called on Houston city attorney Dave Feldman Oct. 16 to withdraw subpoenas requiring five pastors to submit their sermons to his office in regard to litigation against a new Houston Equal Rights Ordinance's protections based on sexual orientation. Read More

• Marriage 'non-decision' draws Roe comparison

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Supreme Court's refusal to rule on same-sex marriage amounted to a stealth version of Roe v. Wade on the issue, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore told a national television audience.

  Appearing on C-SPAN Oct. 14, the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) said the justices' decision not to review lower-court invalidations of state laws banning gay marriage "was essentially an under-the-radar Roe versus Wade for marriage." Roe v. Wade was the high court's 1973 opinion that struck down all state bans on abortion. Read More

• Driscoll resignation 'saddening' & 'sobering'

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  SEATTLE (BP) -- Controversial author and speaker Mark Driscoll has resigned from the pastorate of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, stating in a resignation letter that he has not disqualified himself from ministry but that aspects of his personality and leadership style have proven "divisive."

  Dale Braswell, a Southern Baptist church planter in the Seattle area, told Baptist Press that Driscoll's resignation is saddening and sobering. Read More

• College ministry 'blazing a new trail'

  by Staff, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  CARY, N.C. (BP) -- In an effort to reach more campuses and involve more churches in collegiate ministry, the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina has moved away from the traditional Baptist Campus Ministry paradigm and is engaging the state's 600,000 college students through a new Collegiate Partnerships model. Read More

• Bible Study: October 19, 2014

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (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. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Let's thank our pastors

  by Kevin Ezell, posted Thursday, October 16, 2014 (9 years ago)

  Kevin Ezell, writing on Pastor Appreciation Month, notes that pastors do "incredible work on Kingdom causes" yet often are "desperate for refueling." Read More