Friday, November 11, 2016

• VETERANS DAY: At Hanoi Hilton he was POW chaplain

  by Jim Burton, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Red McDaniel

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (BP) -- Dorothy McDaniel knew all about Navy life. The hardships. The sacrifices. The loneliness. The pride a family has for their family member's service. So the day in 1967 a shiny black car pulled into her Norfolk driveway and two uniformed officers emerged, she knew.

  "Red is down," one of the officers said.

  Her husband, Navy Captain Eugene "Red" McDaniel, was beginning six years of imprisonment in North Vietnam as a POW -- and de facto chaplain at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison among American detainees. Read More

• EDITORIAL: Nuestra Batalla Espiritual

  by Michael A. Gonzales, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  Como creyentes tenemos que reconocer que estamos siempre en una batalla spiritual. Tenemos que estar siempre en alerta porque nuestro enemigo es fuerte y poderoso. Ese enemigo se llama Satanás y tarde o temprano vamos a enfrentarlo en nuestra vida cotidiana. ... Read More

• MIA 65 years, Korea veteran draws pastor's gratitude

  by David Roach, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Paul Kim

  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BP) -- The return of a Korean War veteran's remains to his hometown of Cambridge, Mass., 65 years after his death in 1951 provided opportunity for local Korean Christians to pay tribute and for pastor Paul Kim to offer a public Gospel witness.

  U.S. Army Cpl. Ronald Sparks, then 20, was wounded in action and captured by Chinese troops the year after he arrived in Korea to help defend it against a communist advance. Shortly thereafter, his family received notice he was missing in action and presumed dead, his nephew Bob Sparks recounted in The Vineyard Gazette of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in July. Read More

• Combat veteran & wife: from PTSD toward healing

  by K. Faith Morgan, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy Mike Langston

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP) -- "Do you feel safe in our home?" Kathy Langston asked her husband, Navy Chaplain Mike Langston.

  "No, I don't," he replied.

  It was four years after his last tour of duty. Theirs was a family that understood deployment. Mike had been gone a total of nine and a half years during the course of their marriage. Read More

• Presidential transition prompts calls for prayer

  by David Roach, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Screen capture from the Washington Post

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Prayer for a smooth presidential transition and thankfulness for the American tradition of peaceful leadership transfer are among Southern Baptists' prescriptions for the 73 days between Election Day and Donald Trump's inauguration as America's 45th president.

  "Through history, transitioning political power has usually been bloody [and] involved great social upheaval, destruction of property and personal uncertainty," said Daniel Heimbach, a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor who served in the George H.W. Bush administration. "And those who lose power have usually been killed, banished or at least ostracized. Read More

• TRUSTEES: IMB celebrates balanced budget

  by Julie McGowan, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Photo by Roy Burroughs/IMB

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- International Mission Board trustees celebrated a balanced budget, unanimously approving the 2017 budget during their Nov. 10-11 meeting near Richmond, Va. Trustees also appointed 50 new missionaries during a Sending Celebration.

  "I am pleased to share with you that because of generous giving from Southern Baptist churches to the IMB, disciples have been made and churches have been multiplied over the last year among the nations in truly breathtaking ways," IMB President David Platt told trustees. Read More

• Election sparks hope for liberty & life causes

  by Tom Strode, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Image: iStock

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Republican Party electoral victories for the White House and Congress have given social conservatives hope for progress on religious freedom and pro-life issues.

  Donald Trump's upset of Hillary Clinton for the presidency -- paired with the GOP's preservation of its majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives -- has suddenly encouraged conservative evangelical Christians and their allies to think they will be able to roll back some harmful policies and to advance some helpful ones. Read More

• Mo. Baptists urge Christian citizenship

  by Ben Hawkins/Missouri Pathway , posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  ST. CHARLES, Mo. (BP) -- Missouri Baptists urged believers to active Christian citizenship and defending biblical views of the sanctity of life and transgenderism during their 182nd annual meeting.

  A total of 861 messengers and 195 guests from 366 churches gathered Oct. 24-26 at the St. Charles Convention Center, where Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats reminded them that they need never be alone. Inspired by the theme of the meeting, "Never Alone," he encouraged them with Christ's words, "I am with you always" (Matt. 28:20), but he also urged them to "belong to a team" that is on a mission. Read More

• Wyoming Baptists 'Trusting the Lord'

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  RIVERTON, Wyo. (BP) -- The 33rd annual meeting of the Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention was a time of celebration and shared commitment to the continuation of God's work in Wyoming and around the world, Executive Director Lynn Nikkel told Baptist Press.

  With "Trusting the Lord" as its theme, based on Proverbs 3:5, the Nov. 3-4 event at United Baptist Church in Riverton brought together 114 registered messengers from 40 Wyoming churches, out of the state convention's 106 churches and church-type missions. More than 180 people attended the Thursday evening session. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The urban/rural divide

  by Barry E. Fields, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  Amid the urban/rural divide as seen in the Nov. 8 election, there's a place for fruitful, far-reaching ministry in country or county seat churches, Barry Fields writes. Of the roughly 50,000 churches and missions in the Southern Baptist Convention, the vast majority are in rural areas, he notes. Read More

• Victoria sorpresiva de Trump motiva llamado a la oración y la gracia

  Por Tom Strode , posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Captura de pantalla de New York Times

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Donald Trump consiguió una sorprendente victoria con el apoyo de cuatro de cada cinco votantes blancos que se identificaron como cristianos evangélicos, y los líderes bautistas del sur llamaron a orar por el presidente electo y por gracia hacia otros.

  Trump -- multimillonario, y célebre hombre de negocios -- llevó a cabo su inesperado ascenso en el partido republicano y en el electorado estadounidense para derrotar a la favorita demócrata Hillary Clinton el martes (8 de noviembre), sorprendiendo a los encuestadores y a la mayoría de los observadores en el ... Read More

• El Crossover de la CBS en Phoenix añade la cruzada de Greg Laurie

  Por Tobin Perry , posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  Foto por Bill Bangham

  PHOENIX (BP) -- A medida que los bautistas del sur del área de Phoenix se preparan para la reunión anual de la CBS del próximo verano, oran para que una nueva adición a las actividades del Crossover pueda guiar a un fruto espiritual de larga duración.

  Por invitación de la Junta de Misiones Norteamericanas, el evangelista y pastor del sur de California Greg Laurie ha programado su alcance nacional Harvest America (Cosechen EE.UU.) en el Estadio de la Universidad de Phoenix para el 11 de junio de 2017, la cual coincidirá con los esfuerzos de Crossover de los bautistas del sur. Read More

• De ser miembros de la pandilla de las Cobras a ser seguidores de Cristo

  Por Lisa Falknor/Arkansas Baptist News, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- El año pasado, varios tiroteos sacudieron a la comunidad de Springdale, Ark.

  Después de la muerte de dos jóvenes asesinados en un tiroteo entre pandillas, los anonadados residentes respondieron con una marcha por la paz para mostrar estar en contra de la violencia entre pandillas. Mientras la multitud hizo una breve pausa para guardar silencio, un ex miembro de una pandilla tuvo tiempo para agradecerle a Dios el haberlo rescatado -- junto con 14 miembros de su familia -- de esa cultura pandillera. Read More

• EDITORIAL: Nuestra Batalla Espiritual

  Por Michael A. Gonzales, posted Friday, November 11, 2016 (7 years ago)

  Como creyentes tenemos que reconocer que estamos siempre en una batalla spiritual. Tenemos que estar siempre en alerta porque nuestro enemigo es fuerte y poderoso. Ese enemigo se llama Satanás y tarde o temprano vamos a enfrentarlo en nuestra vida cotidiana.

  Pablo nos da un buen desafío de vestirnos de toda la armadura de Dios para resistir esos ataques satánicos. Read More