News Articles by Benjamin Hawkins

COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- God can send the flames of spiritual awakening that the church and nation so desperately need, Eddie Bumpers told messengers during his convention sermon June 17 at the SBC annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. "It is possible for God to send revival to bring us to a place of new obedience to God, a new commitment to the Great Commission and the Great Command of the Lord Jesus," said Bumpers, pastor of Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- Messengers proposed 10 motions during the Southern Baptist Convention's June 16-17 annual meeting. All but one were referred to SBC entities or ruled out of order.

SALT LAKE CITY (BP) -- Leaders within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are speaking more openly about Mormonism's controversial history and teachings.

SALT LAKE CITY (BP) -- Leaders within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are speaking more openly about Mormonism's controversial history and teachings. Even as Mitt Romney's presidential bid drew the national spotlight to Mormonism in 2012, leaders of the nearly 180-year-old religion expressed concern about its future.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Once he feels its flame, a child will never doubt the candle's heat. Likewise, the English Reformer William Tyndale once wrote that those who "feel" their faith will stand firm in the truth of Scripture and the promises of God.

WASHINGTON (BP) -- Less than two weeks before Christmas, Naghmeh Abedini testified before Congress on behalf of her husband, U.S. citizen and pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran since last June because of his Christian faith.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Nearly 60 church leaders and educators from Latin America gathered at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to help enrich theological education among Baptists around the world.

FORT WORTH (BP) -- Those who defend homosexuality and the redefinition of marriage gain nothing by appealing to Jesus' command to love one's neighbors ...

[QUOTE@left@180=Jesus is "bread for the hungry, water for the thirsty ... a friend even for the friendless."
–- Fred Luter]FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Jesus is the answer to the problems that churches in urban America face today, Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter said during an Urban Economics and Ministry Conference at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- A previously unreached people group in southern Madagascar received the Gospel eagerly from a team of students and faculty from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, with 180 people professing faith in Christ.