Wednesday, January 07, 2015

• Atlanta fire chief fired over pro-family book

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, January 07, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  ATLANTA (BP) -- Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran has been terminated following a city investigation into a book he wrote that calls homosexual behavior immoral and upholds a biblical view of sexuality.

  Cochran is a deacon, Sunday School teacher and Bible study leader at Atlanta's Elizabeth Baptist Church, a cooperating church with the Georgia Baptist Convention. A two-time Atlanta fire chief, Cochran also served as U.S. Fire Administrator under President Obama from 2009-10.

  Mayor Kasim Reed said Jan. 6 that Cochran's failure to obtain proper city permission to publish the book and his refusal to remain silent about the matter during an investigation contributed to the firing. Read More

• As Ebola fears persist, churches keep reaching W. Africa

  by Paige Ryder, posted Wednesday, January 07, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo Courtesy of The Camp of Faith Church

  JOHANNESBURG (BP) -- Ebola has struck fear in many Americans considering mission trips to the continent of Africa within the last few months. Many churches are cancelling trips, even to countries not affected by the disease, Southern Baptist mission workers report. Only a few congregations continue to push forward with sharing the Gospel there. Read More

• Zamperini broken, healed, BGEA film says

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, January 07, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  BGEA photo

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- Louis "Louie" Zamperini was indeed broken by his ordeal as a WWII prisoner of war and was only healed by his acceptance of Jesus Christ as savior, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association proclaims in its documentary response to the film "Unbroken." Read More

• Mo. convention receives $5M partial settlement

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, January 07, 2015 (9 years ago)

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) -- The Missouri Baptist Convention has received a $5 million partial settlement in its legal efforts to restore the Missouri Baptist Foundation as an entity accountable to the convention. Read More

• James Epting to retire from North Greenville

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, January 07, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  TIGERVILLE, S.C. (BP) -- North Greenville University's board of trustees has announced that NGU President James B. Epting is taking sabbatical leave for the 2015 spring semester, with plans to retire at the end of the school's fiscal year in May. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: God's speech, pouring out from creation

  by Lauren Osborne, posted Wednesday, January 07, 2015 (9 years ago)

  Columnist Lauren Osborne shares how spending time in nature is good for the mind, body and spirit. Nature reveals there is a creator and His name is "clearly written all over the earth," she writes. Read More