John Avant

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--There is a lot of talk about young leaders among Southern Baptists these days.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--I have almost decided not to read the newspaper or watch the news during the Southern Baptist Convention. I cringe every time the headlines make us sound like a marching horde of hate-mongers. I worry that our negative publicity may make it more difficult for the churches to do evangelism once we are gone.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Well, it's convention time again. For 22 years I have made the annual pilgrimage.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Want to wake up Monday morning and be glad the alarm is going off? I know –- that would take a miracle.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Evangelism is so much fun, it should almost be illegal! Not many Christians think that way, do they? Well, why not? After all, the word "evangelism" means “to announce the good news.”

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (BP)--As a member of the Southern Baptist Convention's Empowering Kingdom Growth Task Force, I am hearing more and more people ask what this is all about. Is it a new program and, if so, how does a Southern Baptist participate in it?

BEIRUT, Lebanon (BP)--In just a few minutes I will watch as beautiful of a sunset as you will see anywhere in the world. I'm not on a tropical island somewhere. I'm in Beirut, Lebanon.