Monday, November 03, 2014

• 'I Stand Sunday' draws 6,000-plus in Houston

  by Bonnie Pritchett/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  HOUSTON (BP) -- As pastors embroiled in a lawsuit against the city of Houston rallied thousands Sunday for the cause of religious liberty and with chants of "Let the people vote," their cohorts in the battle also were crying out for the church to repent for its retreat from the public square and its role as the public conscience. Read More

• Moore to speak at Vatican conf. on marriage

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Lead Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore will speak at a Vatican-sponsored, inter-religious conference on strengthening marriage and family life, it was announced Monday (Nov. 3). Read More

• Mars Hill Church to dissolve, sell property

  by David Roach, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  SEATTLE (BP) -- Mars Hill Church, the Seattle-based network of congregations founded by controversial pastor Mark Driscoll, will dissolve, sell all church assets and encourage its 13 campuses to become independent congregations. Read More

• Cancer patient Maynard ends own life

  by Staff, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  PORTLAND, Ore. (BP) -- Terminally ill cancer patient and right-to-die advocate Brittany Maynard ended her own life Nov. 1 at her Portland, Ore. home, taking a lethal prescription administered under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Read More

• Life on Mission resource ready for release

  by Adam Miller, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Liz Olear says she's learned Christians can't separate faith from other areas of life.

  Olear served for several months as a missionary through an internship program, called Generation Send, with the North American Mission Board. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Baptists & the gay issue

  by John Yeats, posted Monday, November 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  Scripture is guiding Southern Baptists through today's cultural upheaval, Missouri leader John Yeats writes. In view of Baptists' various ministries to people in need and in times of disaster, Yeats writes, "do not mistake our compassion for people as acquiescence of our biblical convictions." Read More