After hearing news that cyber criminals recently stole nearly $800,000 from a church in North Carolina, many congregations are asking themselves an important question: Are
When Patrick McGinty thinks of a role model and spiritual hero, John Powell comes to mind. McGinty worked with Powell at Emmanuel Baptist Church, a
Southern Baptists get a lot of bad press, particularly among those who delight in pointing out mistakes made by Christians and other religious groups. Sometimes,
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column is Part I of a three-part series on worship music. Have you heard about the new “worship war”? This one
Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee deliberated heavy business items during its Feb. 20–21 meeting in Nashville. They also heard from the Abuse
In the year since Willie McLaurin was named interim president and CEO of Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, he has spent a lot of energy
A new ministry check “abuser” database will become a reality, reported Marshall Blalock, chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force. Until
Todd Latham, a bivocational pastor in southwestern Kentucky, preaches regularly to mostly unsaved and unchurched people. Some have not only never opened a Bible but
Seminaries are among the less expensive graduate programs in today’s higher education market, but students entering seminary with a heavy burden of undergraduate debt may
Most preachers wouldn’t dare tackle writing a sermon and a hymn for their congregation, but that was par for the course for Pastor John Newton
