Resources from 2010

INDIA (BP)--Multiple sets of dark eyes peered from the shadows of the small, colorful concrete homes lining the narrow dirt path. The team of Americans smiled and nodded as they passed the darkened doors, keeping one eye on the ground as they stepped gingerly over the occasional pile of animal dung. Flies swarmed, goats munched and cows lay peacefully just outside the front doors, as if the homes they guarded belonged to them.       "The Dalit live on this side of the road," explained Devadas Kumble,* a local pastor who coordinated the American volunteer mission team's activities. "Higher castes live on the other side of the road."       From where they stood, the volunteers saw little difference between the two sides of the village. On both sides, the roads were unpaved, the homes were modest and the livestock roamed freely. To the Dalit, however, the invisible line separating them from the higher castes was as impregnable as a castle wall.

ARLINGTON, Texas (BP)--In the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl Feb. 6 in Arlington, Texas, at least two North Texas organizations are working to curb the demand for sex trafficking associated with such prominent events.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP)--Those who serve God in Alaska tend to count their years in the frontier state in terms of how many winters they've weathered, and for Mike Procter, the new executive director of the Alaska Baptist Convention, this is the 25th winter.

WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Senate confirmed open lesbian Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before the close of its lame duck session.

SHARONVILLE, Ohio (BP)–Three pediatricians in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, have launched a public protest against their new neighbor, late-term abortion doctor Martin Haskell. Writing on behalf of his colleagues, Steve Brinn wrote a letter to the editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer to express dismay over Haskell’s move next door to their practice in Sharonville, Ohio. “Imagine […]

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Many people who run out of gas admit they simply forgot to check their gas gauge.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Apple has rejected an iPhone/iPad "app" that had been resubmitted by signers of the Manhattan Declaration, further frustrating Christian leaders who fear the controversy signals a growing societal intolerance of orthodox Christianity. [QUOTE@left@150="It is difficult to see how this is anything other than a statement of animus by a major American corporation against the beliefs of millions of Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox citizens."
-- Manhattan Declaration statement]      Conservative leaders are now calling the company's policy "appalling" and suggesting it reflects hostility toward Christian beliefs.       At issue is an iPhone/iPad software program containing the text of the Manhattan Declaration, a 4,700-word document that contains basic Christian teachings and Bible verses on marriage, life and religious liberty. Key leaders such as Charles Colson, James Dobson, Richard Land, R. Albert Mohler Jr. and Timothy Dolan signed the document in 2009, and more than 480,000 people subsequently signed it online. It received widespread media coverage. Among its stances, the document opposes "gay marriage," abortion and embryonic stem cell research.       Apple, though, pulled the free app from its online store in November, saying it "violates our developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people."

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP)--Joining Southern Sudanese Christians and political leaders weeks prior to an important national referendum on independence, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Phil Roberts participated in prayer vigils and voiced encouragement to believers during a recent visit to Juba, Southern Sudan.