Despite his busy schedule as president of Colorado megaministry Focus on the Family, Jim Daly makes it a priority to leave the office in time to arrive home by 6 p.m. to spend time with his wife and two young sons.
He couldn't find the words to pray. He could only sing.
Ready to step in Truett-McConnell students available to serve through Ministerial Association By Scott Barkley, Production Editor Published February 11, 2010
It's after lunch on Wednesday afternoon when the phone rings at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries office at Truett-McConnell College. Someone needs help.
Prince Avenue Baptist Church held the dedication service for their new church facilities on Sunday morning, Jan. 24. The church had been meeting for more than two years on their school property in Oconee County, but with the recent completion of the massive new church building the relocation process has come to a very successful conclusion.
Shorter College officials announced Feb. 4 the founding of the Robert H. Ledbetter College of Business, to be located in the MidTown Crossing Shopping Center in Rome.
Church buses, pick-up trucks, vans, and automobiles transporting thousands of men were converging on First Baptist Church Woodstock last Friday for the second mammoth men's conference in consecutive weekends. Yet on the threshold of a tremendously busy weekend Pastor Johnny Hunt wanted to talk about the Cooperative Program.
The manufacturer of high-powered rifle sights provided to the U.S. military has offered to stop inscribing Scripture references on its products after an ABC News investigative report.
The much-discussed merger of Southern Baptists' two mission boards will not be among the recommendations presented to the Southern Baptist Convention at its June meeting in Orlando, the chairman of the SBC's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force said Feb. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Protestant pastors in America are working long hours, sometimes at the expense of relationships with church members, prospects, family, and even the Lord, according to a LifeWay Research study released Jan. 5.
Georgia Baptist Convention Assistant Executive Director Bobby Boswell encouraged state leaders to make God's priorities their priorities at the eighth annual Legislative Prayer Breakfast Jan. 27.
Keeping lines open Major help from amateur radio operators in times of crisis By Scott Barkley, Production Editor Published February 11, 2010
In March 2007 Guy McDonald, K4GTM reported with other Disaster Relief workers to post-tornado damage in Americus. Weeks removed from training, it was his first foray into the action.
An Atlanta-area Haitian congregation refocused a planned trip to Haiti upon learning eight children with family ties to the church had been orphaned in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.
At the point where Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts come together, and about a mile from a forest called Satans Kingdom, Northfield, Mass., isn't exactly what you’d call a hotbed of either conservatives or evangelicals.
What Lanier Mason does at Union Baptist Church comes naturally. He remembers his dad helping him build racer cars and onion and potato boxes when Lanier was six. Later on his grandfather would take time when not on his shift with the Athens-Clarke County Fire Department to give more instruction about woodworking.
The Christian Index has officially entered the world of Twitter at twitter.com/christianindex. The social networking site will provide breaking news of interest to Georgia Baptists as well as a list of Georgia Baptist pastors and leaders for other Twitter users.
The 2010 SBC Pastors' Conference will focus on "Greater Things," according to Kevin Ezell, pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., and president of the pastors' sessions to be held in Orlando, Fla., June 13-14.
Southern Baptists who want to immediately assist survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti now have a practical, hands-on way to help: participating in the “Buckets of Hope” ministry.
Southern Baptists in Florida and elsewhere have been called to raise their "collected voices" Feb. 14 on behalf of "the hurting people of Haiti as they try to recover from one of the most devastating disasters in the Western Hemisphere."
Southern Baptists gave $56.5 million in 2009 to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. The amount was 2.7 percent (or $1.5 million) off the previous year's giving mark and $8.5 million below the goal of $65 million.
Pieces from what many scholars argue is the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century have found a permanent residence at Southwestern Seminary. Southwestern trustee Gary Loveless presented President Paige Patterson with the collection during a seminary chapel service Jan. 20.
An organization that serves the persecuted church again has rated North Korea as the worst oppressor of Christians. It was the eighth consecutive year that Open Doors gave the Asian regime the top ranking, this time 25 points ahead of Iran, the No. 2-rated country.
Pope Benedict XVI has called on Turkey to give legal recognition to the Roman Catholic Church in the Muslim-majority but politically secular nation, which has been criticized for its treatment of religious minorities as it seeks to join the European Union.
Most Americans accept interracial marriage, but many people of faith say they would be troubled by a family member's decision to marry an atheist, the Pew Research Center reports.
No cut-ups allowed By Sherri Brown, Communications, GBC Published February 11, 2010
His grandfather taught Tracy Lettelleir how to use a chain saw. He's used it since he was a teenager at home and on the mission field, so he was confidant that he was ready for chain saw school.
Prior to his nomination as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Woodstock First Baptist Church Pastor Johnny Hunt stated, "Statistics indicate that 9 out of 10 Southern Baptist churches are declining. I have never been a part of anything on a death march, and I am willing with every fiber of my being to lead the charge for God’s great work in our denomination."
The Open Door By J. Robert White, Executive Director GBC Published February 11, 2010
The reason I enjoy my ministry so much was beautifully framed by my experiences today.
Your editorial "Reinventing Christianity" struck several nerve-ends for me. Ever since I perceived the beginnings of the Emergent Church movement, I have wondered what their agenda was. It has now been made unmistakably clear.