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Fulfilling the Great Commission

Fulfilling the Great Commission

Churches composed primarily of first-generation immigrants to the United States may possess a strategic advantage in fulfilling Christ's Great Commission.

Fort Worth church baptizes 20 in last six months

Fort Worth church baptizes 20 in last six months

Members of New Creation Bible Church insist their congregation is a little "weird." But the church models Christ's love for people, and that has driven the new church to baptize 20 people in the past six months. 

Study portrays Mormons as outsiders in native land

Study portrays Mormons as outsiders in native land

Even as a devout Mormon leads the GOP field for the presidential nomination and the award-winning—if irreverent—musical Book of Mormon plays to overflow crowds on Broadway, a new survey portrays Mormons as strangers in their own land.

Pop singer Leigh Nash returns to gospel roots

Pop singer Leigh Nash returns to gospel roots

With the release of a solo project filled with traditional hymns, Leigh Nash--lead singer with Sixpence None the Richer-- is excited about the chance to return to her gospel roots.

 
Author urges students to follow their dreams, take faith with them


Why would the author of a book with the subtitle "The Good News about the End of Christian America" speak to students at a Baptist university? It's because Gabe Lyons challenges students to take their faith to the culture in which they live.

 
More Americans respond to religion by saying, 'So what?'

The "dirty little secret" of religiosity in America is that there are so many people for whom spiritual interest, thinking about ultimate questions, is minimal, according to religion professor Mark Silk.

 
Songwriter Paul Simon's meandering spiritual journey


Paul Simon says there's always been a spiritual dimension to his music. But the overt religious references in his most recent album, So Beautiful or So What, surprised even him.

 
Ministry to new immigrants presents challenges, opportunities


A wave of immigrants entering the United States presents a particular challenge to Christians who seek to minister among them, the director of missions for a metropolitan association of churches noted.

 
Report shows global Christianity shifting to Africa

With 2.18 billion adherents, Christianity has become a truly global religion over the past century, and the faith has grown exponentially in sub-Saharan Africa.

 
EDITORIAL: Don't worry, but get up & get busy
Worry is one of the most insidious sins. It saps our faith, distracts us from doing what we can and blinds us to God's grace among us.
 
Book Reviews: 10 Answers for Skeptics

Books reviewed in this issue are 10 Answers for Skeptics by Alex McFarland, Authentic Church: True Spirituality in a Culture of Counterfeits by Vaughan Roberts and Behind the Veils of Yemen by Audra Grace Shelby.

 
Wayland students help build houses in Haiti


Don't expect to hear one group of Wayland Baptist University students complaining about being "poor college students"—not after they spent time in Haiti.

 
SBC leader criticizes Komen reversal

The head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing house said Feb. 3 that Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s reversal of a decision to disassociate from Planned Parenthood means that pink-bound Holman Christian Standard Bibles taking up warehouse space likely won’t be going anywhere soon.

 
God our refuge & strength
One night when I was serving in Moldova, I came across Psalm 46. God was telling me how great he is and how powerful he is.  So, in the presence of an earthquake or mountains rumbling or any situation, be still and know that he is God.
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Wiley Drake's 'Birther' lawsuit has...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/georgia.asp Obama was subpoenaed for a court hearing on January 26, 2012 by Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. The complaint said Obama was not eligible to be President because a 1875 Supreme Court...   
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