FIRST-PERSON: Gospel urgency or eschatological fad?
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--In the last half of this decade there appears to be a discovery like that of a lost pearl, a nugget of truth hidden but now revealed in these latter days.
FIRST-PERSON: Reaching the working class with the Gospel
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--The mission church sprang into existence....
FIRST-PERSON: How’s your linguistic aptitude?
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--A lifetime of listening, reading and writing doesn't make a person a linguist.
La. exec assesses GCRTF final report
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)–The day after Great Commission Resurgence Task Force released its final report, the Louisiana Baptist Convention’s executive board held its regularly scheduled meeting. During the executive director’s reporting time, David Hankins addressed the GCRTF report’s potential impact on Louisiana Baptist ministries and missions. The GCRTF report, titled “Penetrating the Lostness,” encompasses a passionate […]
FIRST-PERSON: Dangers of solo shepherding
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--The Wall Street Journal recently posted, "How to succeed in the Age of Going Solo" by Richard Greenwald (Feb. 8, 2010).
EKG study: Churches see measurable gains
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)–When the Louisiana Baptist Convention launched its Empowering Kingdom Growth initiative in 2006 with 65 pilot churches, the hope was for churches to experience the benefits of a strategic church health process. Now in its fourth year, 249 churches or 18 percent of LBC congregations have completed at least one phase of the […]
FIRST PERSON: New fuel needed
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--Ever run out of gas? Frustrating. Some people become so frustrated that they beat on the steering wheel ...
FIRST-PERSON: Emergency measures for an economic drought
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--In the west, drought is not an uncommon experience.
FIRST-PERSON: What is your perspective on life?
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--For every individual on planet earth there is a perspective about what life is all about.
When inflation accelerates
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--While the media is strangely silent about the i-word, economists know that when a government starts printing paper money like there is no tomorrow, inflation will accelerate.
