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Moore pledges to stand for the Gospel

Originally posted June 12, 2013 HOUSTON (BP) — It was a changing of the guard, so to speak, during the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s annual report to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Houston. And judging from their response, it appeared messengers were pleased with where the convention’s moral concerns entity had been and […]

Church marriage culture to be aired at SBC

[QUOTE@right@130='Just because we're not marrying two grooms or two brides doesn't mean we're standing firm on marriage'
--Russell Moore]HOUSTON (BP) -- Russell Moore is inviting Southern Baptists to a conversation on the nature of marriage. Moore will be hosting a panel discussion -- titled "Marriage on the Line: How the Church Can Reframe a Marriage Culture in a Troubled Time" -- Tuesday morning, June 11, in conjunction with the SBC annual meeting in Houston.

Pornography

      Our nation, our churches, and our homes have a problem. A big problem. Satan has unlocked an area of sin in many of our lives, opening a door only God can shut! The problem? Pornography. It is ruining lives, tearing apart marriages, and destroying families. Every day, millions willingly stride into the […]

‘Not Today’ an ‘eye-opener’ to modern-day slavery; opens Fri.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- The numbers are staggering. There are more people in slavery today in the world than there were in the days of the transatlantic slave trade. An estimated 27 million people -- men, women, boys and girls -- are enslaved, held against their will, in brothels, factories and fields around the world at this very moment.

The soon-to-be released film "Not Today" is the first feature-length, faith-based film to tackle the issue of human trafficking. It opens in about 40 theaters Friday (April 12) and will move to other cities in the following weeks. In the movie, Caden Welles, the film's lead character, is unexpectedly introduced to a world few Americans know still exists: a thriving human-trafficking trade that often involves children. Welles, who is played by Cody Longo, travels to India and meets his opposite. Welles has access to material abundance and lives a carefree life; his counterpart has no resources, no voice and struggles to survive. The film, which was shot on location in Hyderabad, India, highlights the startling dehumanization of the Dalit people, who are considered "untouchables" within India's caste system. (Read about the Dalit in this 2010 BP story.) The International Mission Board is one of 13 global partners in the movie's promotion, highlighting ministry in the region through its South Asia Peoples group website (http://southasianpeoples.imb.org/NotToday). An IMB representative in South Asia called the movie an "eye-opener to the depth of the issues related to trafficking and modern-day slavery. The film "should motivate Christians to act," the representative said. Baptist Press recently spoke with Brent Martz, the film's producer. BAPTIST PRESS: This movie is really a story of redemption. Let's talk about the story itself and how you begin in a high-end neighborhood in Southern California with a Lamborghini and you end up in the slums of India. MARTZ: It was important for us to show the stark contrast between the blessings that we enjoy here in the United States and the total poverty that the Dalits live in in India. ...

Moore, on C-SPAN, talks culture, Kingdom

WASHINGTON (BP) -- In his first television appearance since being named president-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Russell Moore was forthright in his positions but stressed the importance of Christians being Kingdom-minded in approaching issues.

TV Bible series producers aim to ‘glorify God’

NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Hollywood mogul best known for producing reality television programs is behind a new production of the ultimate "reality" story -- the Bible.

Super Bowl & beyond: Human trafficking lurks

NASHVILLE (BP) — Every year in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, a perfunctory story or two appears in the press predicting an increase in sex trafficking in the city where the game is to be played. This year is no different and even though statistics on the prevalence of trafficking in New […]

Land: Gun violence calls for broader dialogue than Obama’s proposals & executive orders

WASHINGTON (BP) -- With the memory of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., fixed in the nation's mind, President Obama outlined Jan. 16 what can been described as the most sweeping gun-control policies in decades.

ERLC search committee aims toward 2013 SBC

NASHVILLE (BP) — As the first phase of the search for a new president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission comes to a close, the trustee search committee’s chairman said he is pleased with the committee’s progress. “I have been encouraged both by the attitude and work of the search committee itself and by […]

ERLC search committee aims toward 2013 SBC

NASHVILLE (BP) — As the first phase of the search for a new president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission comes to a close, the trustee search committee’s chairman said he is pleased with the committee’s progress. “I have been encouraged both by the attitude and work of the search committee itself and by […]