When I ran into Kay Arthur on the campus of New Orleans Seminary about 30 years ago, I was surprised. No one had announced she would be there. We students thought we knew all the campus news, but apparently not. For me, this was a big deal.
I started full-time ministry at 20 years old, and I quickly grew enamored with the excitement and the perceived prestige of ministry. I would never have admitted it then, but I made ministry my idol – and I confess that I still run that risk this many years later.
The father of one of 20 pastors ambushed in eastern India last month was soaked in blood from the attack as he told his son, “I don’t think I will make it. I just want you to know that I will be with my Maker, and you should not worry for me.”
Standing in the middle of about 850 men and at least 16 blue kiddie pools full of enough shrimp, potatoes, corn and sausage to capsize
A team from The Baptist Paper, a sister publication to The Alabama Baptist and part of TAB Media Group, continues its review of the audio files from the 2009–2010 meetings of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.
Weeks after the deadly July 4 Guadalupe River flood, its survivors still live with memories of danger, fear, confusion, loss—and faith. Will and Ann Britt awoke that morning just in time.
“While this story isn’t all wrong, the assertion that pastors are leaving the pulpit in droves because of ministry burnout is a myth. The research tells a different story.”
Brent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, concluding nearly nine years of service.
OBITUARIES Vernell Daniels, who led at least 12 Mississippi churches over 64 years of ministry, died June 20. Joe Weideman Armour Jr., a minister who
A public letter focused on academic freedom marked the latest development in an ongoing controversy surrounding Baylor University’s decision to accept and later rescind a research grant.
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