Baptist Press Archive

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

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  • NAMB encourages churches to honor pastors
    by Tobin Perry, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2013 (11 years ago)

    ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -– With Pastor Appreciation Month on the horizon, the North American Mission Board is providing laypeople with resources to encourage and support their churches' shepherds. Read More

  • The Outcast Camp & other invisible people
    by Erich Bridges, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2013 (11 years ago)

    BP file photo
    Missions writer Erich Bridges writes about the world's forgotten people -- who "often remain invisible in plain sight." Read More

  • Kazakh Baptists fined for worship meetings
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2013 (11 years ago)

    OSLO, Norway (BP) -- Authorities in Kazakhstan have fined 18 Baptists for participating in religious activity not authorized by the state, continuing the government's drive to bring religion under its control. Read More

  • Uzbek authorities trying to seize Baptist land
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2013 (11 years ago)

    OSLO, Norway (BP) -- Authorities in Uzbekistan -- a country criticized for persecuting religious communities -- are attempting to seize land the state-registered Baptist Union is using for summer camps for children and families. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Martin Luther King Jr.'s preaching
    by Russell D. Moore, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2013 (11 years ago)

    Southern Baptist ethics leader Russell D. Moore, examining Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, notes aspects of King's preaching "that likely could inform Christian preaching today." Read More

  • FROM THE STATES: Tenn., Okla., Fla. evangelism/missions news; 'It's more than anything we could have dreamed up,'
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 27, 2013 (11 years ago)

    Today's From the States features items from:

    Baptist & Reflector (Tennessee)

    The Baptist Messenger (Oklahoma)

    Florida Baptist Convention

    5-year-old rural church has baptized

    146 people since January 2012

    By Lonnie Wilkey

    CUNNINGHAM, Tenn. (Baptist & Reflector) -- Phillip Chambers says he is a mail man.

    Only he doesn't work for the United States Postal Service. He is the bivocational pastor of Yellow Creek Baptist Church located near the Montgomery/Houston County line in... Read More