Focus on Your SBC Entities: Your Six Theological Seminaries
The estimated 45,000 autonomous churches that cooperate with the Southern Baptist Convention pool their resources to support the work of the six theological seminaries.
FIRST-PERSON: Quran burning will only do harm
MAYFIELD, Ky. (BP)--Certainly Pastor Terry Jones and the Dove World Outreach Church possess the civil right as Americans to burn copies of the Quran.
FIRST-PERSON: Thanksgiving & adversity
MAYFIELD, Ky. (BP)–The American holiday of Thanksgiving possesses a long history of taking place during times of adversity. As we pause to thank God for our blessings on Thanksgiving Day, we also should remember our fellow Americans who are facing over 10 percent unemployment and many others who are enduring underemployment. Strangely enough, Thanksgiving and […]
FIRST PERSON: Baptists & St. Patrick
PADUCAH, Ky. (BP)–On St. Patrick’s Day 2007, I donned some green clothing for the traditional “wearin’ of the green.” Then I fastened to my sweater a shamrock pin and the identifying symbol of the O’Connor clan. I thought to myself, “What are Baptists to make of St. Patrick?” Unfortunately, much of the popular lore about […]
