Tuesday, September 01, 2015

• WORLDVIEW: Number your days wisely

  by Erich Bridges, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Missionary Kyra Karr, though killed in a traffic accident in mid-August, was an inspirational example of using one's days wisely, missions columnist Erich Bridges writes, noting, "The weeks in your earthly life are a prelude to your life in eternity." Read More

• Pioneer missionary doctor Wana Ann Fort dies

  by Laura Fielding , posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of the Fort family

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Missionary doctor Wana Ann Gibson Fort, 91, died Aug. 31 in Baton Rouge, La.

  Fort and her husband, the late Milton "Giles" Fort Jr., served with the then-called Foreign Mission Board as pioneer missionary doctors at Sanyati Baptist Hospital in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). At this hospital, Fort and her husband helped launch a spiritual awakening through medical missions. Read More

• Pastor appreciation opportunities available

  by Joe Conway, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Imagine if pastors received the same support and accolades reserved for college football coaches. While many churches encourage their pastors well -- and some do an exemplary job -- many pastors feel closer to last year's fired head coach than the man with the post-game TV show.

  Enter pastor appreciation month in October. Pastors need demonstrated love and support, perhaps as much as any other vocation. The stresses of accepting spiritual responsibility for congregations are well-documented in Scripture by Paul and today ... Read More

• Stress & ministry focus of new study

  by Lisa Cannon Green, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Though pastors are stressed about money and overwhelming ministry demands, only one percent abandon the pulpit each year, LifeWay Research finds.

  LifeWay Research surveyed 1,500 pastors of evangelical and historically black churches and found an estimated 13 percent of senior pastors in 2005 had left the pastorate 10 years later for reasons other than death or retirement. The study, released today (Sept. 1), was gathered from a survey conducted March 5-18. Read More

• FROM THE SEMINARIES: Convocations at MBTS, SEBTS, SBTS, SWBTS

  by by BP Staff Compilation, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  Today's From the Seminaries includes reports on the convocations at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

• Clerk loses, resists high court on marriage licenses

  by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  "This case is just another step along the sad road where erotic liberty trumps religious liberty.” -- Paul Chitwood

  MOREHEAD, Ky. (BP) -- A Kentucky county clerk not only lost at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday evening (Aug. 31) but now faces a likely contempt of court ruling for again refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

  Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and her deputies turned away gay couples seeking marriage licenses Tuesday morning (Sept. 1) at their office in the eastern Kentucky town of Morehead. Their refusal came after the high court denied Davis’ request to ... Read More

• NGU states expectations of administration, faculty

  by Baptist Courier Staff, posted Tuesday, September 01, 2015 (9 years ago)

  TIGERVILLE, S.C. (BP) -- The chairperson of North Greenville University's board of trustees has issued a statement that school leaders "are expected to lead Christ-centered lives" and that current administrative staff and faculty members reflect the Baptist university's "legal, moral and ethical expectations" and are held to "the highest of standards."

  The written statement, which the university sent to The Baptist Courier by email Aug. 27, apparently was in response to a recently uploaded YouTube video titled "Epting ... Read More