FIRST-PERSON: The Gospel & culture engagement
Columnist James A. Smith recounts the powerful story of a lesbian activist won to Christ by a pastor who simply reached out to her.
FIRST-PERSON: Why your view of politics may be wrong
Columnist James A. Smith says Christians often have an unbiblical view of politics, such as underemphasizing the role that the church should play.
FIRST-PERSON: Why your view of politics may be wrong
Columnist James A. Smith says Christians often have an unbiblical view of politics, such as underemphasizing the role that the church should play.
FIRST-PERSON: It’s not hard to root for Tim Tebow
If you're a Christian and a football fan, it's not hard to cheer for Bronco quarterback and former Florida player Tim Tebow, says columnist James Smith.
Ezell: NAMB will continue jointly funded missionaries with states
BRANDON, Fla. (BP)--In spite of the Great Commission Resurgence report that many expected would end jointly funded missionaries with state Baptist conventions, North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell says "strategically placed mobilizers" in southern states are necessary to accomplish NAMB's church planting goals in the rest of North America.
FIRST-PERSON: Religious liberty in the Arab world
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--As revolution sweeps through the Arab world, a deeply troubling trend is emerging ...
Nev. pastor to be Pastors’ Conf. nominee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Vance Pitman, pastor of Hope Baptist Church in Las Vegas, Nev., will be nominated president of the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference next month in Orlando, Mac Brunson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, announced May 4. “In a day when the Great Commission is gaining momentum in Southern Baptist life and church […]
Fla. pastor to be Pastors’ Conf. nominee
NORTH PORT, Fla. (BP)–Troy Gramling, lead pastor of Flamingo Road Church in Cooper City, Fla., will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference during its June meeting in Orlando, John Cross, pastor of South Biscayne Church in North Port, Fla., announced March 18. Cross told the Florida Baptist Witness he will nominate […]
Church personalizes missions for members
NAPLES, Fla. (BP)--In what he hopes will be a "game-changer in terms of the Cooperative Program and our whole relationship with missions," Hayes Wicker has led First Baptist Church in Naples, Fla., to launch the "Great Commission Connection."
Historian: Southern Baptist Theo. Seminary has recaptured founder’s vision
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–After straying from the vision of James Petigru Boyce for most of the 20th century, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is “once again Boyce’s seminary” 150 years after it began, historian Gregory A. Wills writes in a new history of the seminary. In an interview with the Florida Baptist Witness on the SBTS campus […]
