Southern Baptist leaders react swiftly to ‘devastating’ news Editor’s Note: The Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force released the results of an independent investigation by Guidepost Solutions on Sunday, May 22, at 3 p.m. CST. The following story contains a synopsis of the results of the nearly 300-page report which can be read in its entirety at … [Read More...]
Tennessee
EVANGELIST CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF MINISTRY
By Dianne Barker Contributing writer JOHNSON CITY — Tennessee evangelist Charles “Toonie” Cash recently surpassed a ministry milestone — 50 years in … [Read More...]
Columnists
EXPERIENCING GOD’S SALVATION SYMPHONY
By Johnnie C. Godwin Contributing Columnist, B&R In September 2001, I was in Moscow at the Cosmos Hotel when my phone rang at 11 p.m. Surprisingly, … [Read More...]
SBC
HUNT DENIES ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE
The Baptist Paper One of Southern Baptists’ popular preachers, Johnny Hunt, has found himself in a “he said, she said” situation but resigned from his … [Read More...]
SS Lessons
MAY 29: WAITING
By Kevin Shrum Pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville Focal Passage: II Thessalonians 3:6-15 We are not good at waiting. We ought to be. We … [Read More...]
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FIRST-PERSON: WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO BE PRO-LIFE?: A SOUTHERN BAPTIST DEBATE
By Richard Land From Baptist Press Life is full of surprises, some pleasant, some not. I was reminded of this recently as I witnessed a pro-life controversy and debate revolving around an attack on the pro-life movement’s “incrementalist” approach in … [Read More...]
THE BLIND ONLY WANT TO SEE
By Clay Hallmark President, Tennessee Baptist Convention Listen to these words from John 9:1-5 from the Christian Standard Bible: As he (Jesus) was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his … [Read More...]
HINDMAN: AGE-APPROPRIATE BIBLE TEACHING ‘IS CRITICAL’
By David Dawson ddawson@tnbaptist.org FRANKLIN — Ken Hindman believes there can be, and should be, more to teaching children about God than reading a Bible story and passing out Goldfish. Hindman, children’s pastor at Bellevue Baptist Church in … [Read More...]