SBC Life Articles by Erin Curry Roach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A Christian high school in California is suing the University of California for refusing to grant credits for some classes taught at the school, which the university claims support a Christian worldview not protected by the First Amendment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Contrary to what many might expect, some leaders of the Episcopal Church are not offended by the portrayal of their denomination broadcast every Friday night on most NBC stations. Instead, they embrace “The Book of Daniel,” as R. Albert Mohler noted in a recent commentary.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The man who has long proclaimed that “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him” is now facing a major test of his faith with every intention of proving God worthy.

WASHINGTON (BP)--In the year ahead, Americans can expect to see increased violence against U.S. troops and Iraqi citizens as the young democracy struggles to gain its stride and as those who oppose it realize they are fighting a losing battle, President Bush said Jan. 10 in Washington.
      “When the final election results come in, Iraqi leaders will begin working to form a new government. And in the weeks ahead, Americans will likely see a good deal of political turmoil in Iraq as different factions and leaders compete for position and jockey for power,” Bush told a gathering of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “Our top commander in the region, General John Abizaid, has said he expects the coming weeks to produce ‘some of the hardest bare-knuckle politics ever in the Arab world.’ We should welcome this for what it is -- freedom in action.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Assured that NBC has heard the voices of thousands of Americans who were offended by the network’s controversial new drama “The Book of Daniel,” the conservative watchdog group American Family Association is setting its sights on the advertisers who endorsed the programming.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--NBC is set to debut what it calls an “edgy” new drama starring a drug-addicted Episcopal priest who has a wife who downs mid-day martinis, a 23-year-old son who is a homosexual Republican, a 16-year-old daughter who sells marijuana and a 16-year-old adopted son who is having sexual relations with the bishop’s daughter.

Bobby Welch, continuing his visits to churches across the Southern Baptist Convention, has kept his focus on urging Christians to get out of their pews and into the streets where neighbors, family members, and strangers are searching for meaning and purpose in life. The SBC president, speaking during a two-day evangelism rally in November at […]

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (BP)--When Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch called for a baptism emphasis in churches across the nation to be held Nov. 27, the event happened to coincide with a milestone at a North Carolina church where evangelism has become second nature to most members.