Wednesday, January 28, 2015

• Despite Boko Haram, Gospel impacts Nigeria

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  ©EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie. Used by permission.

  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (BP) –- As Boko Haram militants continue to attack Nigeria and threaten neighboring countries, Christian workers there say the Gospel is going forth and impacting receptive hearts.

  Greg Dorsey*, a Christian worker in West Africa, said Nigerian Christians are effectively engaging many areas of the country. Read More

• Korean churches see Cooperative Program's value

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Global Mission Church

  TORRANCE, Calif. (BP) -- The more time Paul Kim spent with his fellow Southern Baptist pastors, the more he saw the discrepancy between the way they did missions and the way he led Good Community Church to do missions. The California church doubled in size after he refocused his congregation to join together with other Southern Baptist churches for cooperative missions. Read More

• Mormons on LGBT rights called naive, unhelpful

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will support civil rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people if religious freedom protections also are ensured, its leaders announced Tuesday (Jan. 27).

  

  Southern Baptist leaders, however, said the Mormons' approach to the conflict between sexual rights and religious liberty is naive and unhelpful, as well as unacceptable to proponents of LGBT rights.

  

  In a Salt Lake City news conference, Mormon leaders described their stance as "fairness for all" -- or a "balanced approach between religious and gay rights" that endorses protections in housing, employment and public transportation for LGBT people and, at the same time, safeguards the rights of religious institutions and people. Read More

• Crime scenes provide ministry opportunity

  by Marilyn Stewart, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Gun violence in New Orleans' quiet Gentilly neighborhood once was rare, but after four shootings rocked Gentilly Baptist Church in a year's time, pastor Ken Taylor decided something had to change. Read More

• ABS to move headquarters to Philadelphia

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  PHILADELPHIA (BP) -- After nearly 200 years in New York City, the American Bible Society has announced a relocation of its headquarters to Philadelphia. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: John R. Sampey & Christ-centered Bible study

  by Trevin Wax, posted Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  Trevin Wax writes about the 100-year legacy of John R. Sampey for Christ-centered Bible study. Sampey was a seminary scholar "who knew the conversations in Sunday School every week are just as formative and important as the debates in academic halls or the sermons from a pastor's pulpit." Read More