SHEA: Who speaks for Pakistan minorities now?
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Today, March 2, is the one-year anniversary of the murder in Pakistan of 42-year-old Shahbaz Bhatti. Still no one has been charged with the crime, much less tried and held accountable.Bhatti, minister...
CP ahead of budget for missions support
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are $4,122,100.78, or 5.32 percent above the...
Alaska church reaches the world via the Cooperative Program
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DELTA JUNCTION, Alaska (BP) -- "We're a small town in a remote area," Alaska pastor Dave Becker says of Delta Junction, where he leads First Baptist Church.As a Southern Baptist congregation, however, the church has a...
BIBLE STUDY: Sunday, March 1, 2012
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- This Bible study appears in Baptist Press each week in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team,...
FIRST-PERSON: The debate is about conscience, not contraceptives
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Let's begin by making one thing crystal clear. The debate generated by the Obama administration's requirement that virtually all health care insurance plans provide free contraceptives,...
'Missionary kids' aid hospital's makeover
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SANYATI, Zimbabwe (BGR) -- Joining in the "extreme makeover" of Sanyati Baptist Hospital in Zimbabwe, a crew of nine youth, ages 11-18, proved up to the task.In four days, the "missionary kids," whose parents serve in...
Senate affirms contraceptive/abortion mandate
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!P>WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Senate has dealt a setback to the effort to protect religious freedom and conscience rights in the Obama administration's controversial contraceptive/abortion mandate.With a 51-48 vote,...
Md. gay 'marriage' bill signed, but not legal yet
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!P>ANNAPOLIS, Md. (BP) -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill into law Thursday that would legalize gay "marriage" in the state beginning in January 2013, but churches already are mobilizing to reverse it at the...
Iran pastor: U.S. House calls for his release
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Adding pressure to Iranian officials, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for the immediate release of Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who could be executed any day for...
Q&A: How NYC churches found new legal life
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NEW YORK (BP) -- If you want to understand how New York City churches won a last-ditch lawsuit in February after losing multiple rounds just months earlier, pull out a copy of the U.S. Constitution's First...
Appeals court: NYC churches can meet in schools (for now)
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NEW YORK (BP) -- New York churches gained a victory in the courts yesterday (Feb. 29) as the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's injunction against the city's enforcement of a ban to keep...
TECHNOLOGY: Helping the church understand the digital revolution
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Being born in 1980, I've had the pleasant experience of being one of the oldest members of the rising generation. I am a true digital native, but had just enough years of life without the...
FIRST PERSON: Looking for a church home? Here are 5 tips
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SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (BP) -- I found out recently that one of my most faithful, trusted leaders and his family is being relocated due to a job transfer. It was really hard news to hear. This is a man who has taught for...
CHRISTIAN APPS OF THE MONTH: New Orleans Seminary, Crosswalk.com
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New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS)Platform: iPhonePrice: FreeAbout it: The New Orleans Seminary app includes the latest news articles from the seminary, as well as a chapel schedule and chapel audio and...
FROM THE SEMINARIES: Stories from GGBTS, SWBTS, NOBTS, MBTS
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EDITOR'S NOTE: "From the Seminaries" includes news releases of interest as written and edited from Southern Baptist seminaries.Today's From the Seminaries includes:GGBTS (3 items)SWBTS (3 items)NOBTS (1 item)MBTS (1...
Widow's gift to aid deaf students at NOBTS
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NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Stephanie Johnson knows the challenges facing a potential seminary student who is deaf: She saw her husband's perseverance in following God's call.Ultimately Daniel Johnson overcame the challenges,...
Ho Chi Minh City 'moving forward'
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EDITOR'S NOTE: With more than half of the world's population now living in cities, Baptist Press is taking a multi-part look at a number of the world's major metropolises, such as Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The series...
Despite losses, Santorum still wins evangelicals
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LANSING, Mich. (BP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum continued to do well among self-described evangelicals in the Michigan and Arizona primaries Tuesday, even though GOP rival Mitt Romney won the...
Land urges Senate support for anti-mandate bill
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity has urged United States senators to support a bill that would protect conscience rights in the Obama administration's controversial...
In the Yucatan, students gain missions insight
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TEKAX, Yucatan, Mexico (BP) -- No runway lights guide the plane from the night sky to the tarmac. Armed policía greet passengers as they snake their way through a line in customs and immigration. Baywatch plays over the...
2nd-century Psalms text gets seminary analysis
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary officials have announced a partnership with the Green Scholars Initiative offering MBTS' ancient language students opportunities to research and publish their...
Chicago pastor, 74, earns seminary doctoral degree
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CHICAGO (BP) -- When Don Sharp received his doctoral degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 20 members of the congregation he leads attended the December commencement, applauding their 74-year-old pastor for...
Religion news in brief
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Pope Benedict XVI urged infertile couples to shun artificial procreation VATICAN CITY (AP) _ Speaking at the end of a three-day Vatican conference on diagnosing and treating infertility, Pope Benedict XVI reiterated...
FROM THE STATES: Ill., Ky., N.M. evangelism/missions news
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EDITOR'S NOTE: From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches, associations and state...
WORLDVIEW: Life is short -- redeem the time
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Visit "WorldView Conversation," the blog related to this column, at http://worldviewconversation.blogspot.com/.Listen to an audio version at http://media1.imbresources.org/files/147/14723/14723-81739.mp3.RICHMOND, Va....
GuideStone, Brotherhood Mutual form alliance
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DALLAS (BP) -- GuideStone Financial Resources and Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company have announced the formation of an alliance to provide property and liability insurance services to Southern Baptist churches and...
Marijuana legalization qualifies for Colo. ballot
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DENVER (BP) -- An initiative that would legalize the recreational usage of marijuana in Colorado has qualified for the November ballot, meaning two states now will decide this fall whether to pass such a landmark...
Kazakhstan heightens religious crackdown
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OSLO, Norway (BP) -- The Central Asian country of Kazakhstan has toughened its crackdown on religious freedom, stripping previously recognized religious groups, including Baptists, of their registrations.Religious...
500-member religious coalition rejects mandate
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- A diverse coalition of 500-plus religious leaders, university presidents and professors, and health care professionals has signed a statement calling President Obama's contraceptive/abortion...
1st-century N.T. fragment: more details emerge
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DALLAS (BP) -- The seminary professor who surprised the academic world by saying a first-century fragment of Mark's Gospel had been found has released new information along with two new claims -- an early sermon on...
E-quip.net, online learning website, 'multiplies our efforts'
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COCHRANE, Alberta, Canada (BP) -- A free online learning community is capturing the training provided at many conferences and workshops throughout the Southern Baptist Convention and archiving it to view at any...
FIRST-PERSON: The Santorum predicament: a sign of the times
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan had it just right -- someone had better read Rick Santorum his Miranda rights. In the big leagues of national politics, she warns, "Everything you've said...
BP Ledger, Feb. 27 edition
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EDITOR'S NOTE: BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases of interest from other sources. The items are published as received.Today's BP...
Tenn. pastor who battled fatal lung disease dies
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Tennessee pastor Dwayne Maxey, whose congregation was strengthened as he battled a lung disease for which there was no cure, died Feb. 23. He was 45.Maxey was called as pastor of Eastside...
House panel OKs ban on sex-based abortions
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- A U.S. House of Representatives committee has approved a bill prohibiting abortions based on a child's sex or race.The House Judiciary Committee endorsed the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, H.R. 3541,...
Snow-stricken Afghan refugees receive aid
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KABUL, Afghanistan (BP) -- Refugees in more than 40 camps at Kabul, Afghanistan, are suffering from the heaviest snowfall in many years and bitter cold temperatures. Humanitarian partners in Kabul are moving to bring...
Christianity frees farmer from fear of death
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EAST ASIA (BP) -- Jia Liang* doesn't stop to sit down the entire evening, making sure guests never see the bottom of porcelain bowls full of rice and fish stew.Traditionally in East Asia, women play the role of host,...
Judge: NYC churches can meet in schools
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NEW YORK (BP) -- A federal judge has handed New York City churches a major victory, issuing a preliminary injunction that will allow congregations to meet in schools while the lawsuit proceeds -- that is, unless the...
Asian farmer's coffee crop brings nurture to his faith
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EAST ASIA (BP) -- Far off the beaten path in the mountains of an East Asian nation, believers in a house church find God's faithfulness in budding coffee crops and healthy animals.Zhe Wang Hu* is one of these believers,...
Insurance fight shows Catholic-Evangelical ties
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After the White House decreed this month that religious employers would have to pay for workers' birth control, it was no surprise that Roman Catholic leaders would protest. That evangelical Protestants would rally to...
Judge: NYC churches can meet in schools
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NEW YORK (BP) -- A federal judge handed New York City churches a major victory Friday, issuing a preliminary injunction that will allow congregations to meet in schools while the lawsuit proceeds -- that is, unless the...
EDITORIAL: Tres Características de un Liderazgo Espiritual
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NOTA DEL EDITOR: La columna First-Person (De primera mano) es parte de la edición de hoy de BP en español. Para ver historias adicionales, vaya ahttp://www.bpnews.net/espanolNASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Todo líder, ya sea...
FIRST-PERSON: Liberal coercion
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) -- Planned Parenthood, Vanderbilt University and the Obama administration -- what do these three have in common? Each recently has been involved in situations that address whether or not private...
FIRST-PERSON: China's vanished dissidents
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- When Vice President Xi Jinping, China's future president, visited the White House recently, President Obama should have pressed him to reveal the whereabouts of China's famed human rights and...
CULTURE DIGEST: Facing persecution, Swedish homeschoolers seek American help
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Swedish homeschoolers are seeking help from their American counterparts as they face persecution including harassment, fines and separation of families for not sending their children to...
Southern formally opens Nashville campus
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary held an open house for its new Nashville, Tenn., extension center Feb. 22.The campus -- located in the Cool Springs area of Franklin, just south of...
Md. churches to unite, fight gay 'marriage' law
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (BP) -- Religious leaders in Maryland say citizens will get the final say on a gay "marriage" bill that is set to become law -- with churches playing a critical role in possibly overturning it.The...
Ky. Baptists' influence helps defeat casino bill
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (BP) -- Kentucky Baptists were victorious in their effort to stop seven casinos from entering the state when a bill fell short of the votes it needed in the state Senate Feb. 23.For more than a decade,...
ERLC releases 'fact sheet' on Obama mandate
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity has issued both a fact sheet about the Obama administration's contraceptive/abortion mandate and a call for support of a bill to restore conscience...
'Global Baptist' among top name suggestions
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- The task force that studied changing the name of the Southern Baptist Convention received 586 distinct name suggestions, with "Global Baptist Convention" leading the way and "Great Commission...