• Survey: Younger Southern Baptist involvement rising
    by Tom Strode, posted Monday, February 02, 2015 (9 hours ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Southern Baptists appear to be defying the prevalent notion that young adults are abandoning the American church -- at least by one measurement.

    Attendance by younger generations reached a 10-year high at the Southern Baptist Convention's 2014 meeting in Baltimore, according to an annual survey of attendees. Read More

  • Frank Page, at NOBTS, addresses suicide epidemic
    by Frank Michael McCormack, posted Monday, February 02, 2015 (12 hours ago)

    Photo by Boyd Guy
    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- "I've never preached on this subject at a seminary before," Frank Page said. I've spoken on it in churches a few times, but not often.

    "For you see, five years and two months ago, my daughter left her family behind when she committed suicide. That 'left behind' feeling still affects us to this day," Page, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, said in his chapel message at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Jan. 27. Read More

  • ANALYSIS: Rape on college campuses
    by David Roach, posted Monday, February 02, 2015 (7 hours ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The horrific volume of sexual assault on U.S. college campuses is not only a reflection of the wickedness in individual assailants' hearts. It is the fruit of a campus culture awash in sexual immorality.

    Though perpetually an issue at colleges and universities, the blight of rape was highlighted Jan. 27 by the conviction of two former Vanderbilt University football players for sexually assaulting an unconscious female student in 2013. Read More

  • Flood victims in Southern Africa receive aid
    by Evelyn Adamson, posted Monday, February 02, 2015 (12 hours ago)

    Photo by Jeremy Newton
    JOHANNESBURG (BP) -- Severe rains have hammered Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in recent weeks, displacing more than 200,000 people and leaving hundreds more missing or dead. Baptist Global Response and International Mission Board personnel rushed aid to vital areas, delivering food and supplies to families with critical needs across southern Africa.

    Rivers swelled beyond capacity, converted plains into lakes, and completely erased villages. In Malawi, a reported 275 people are missing or assumed dead. Mozambique reported there were 11,000 homes destroyed and 88 fatalities. Read More

  • Obama admin. renews call for Abedini's release
    by Staff, posted Monday, February 02, 2015 (9 hours ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Obama administration has renewed its call for the release of imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini. Meanwhile, the pastor has sent a letter thanking the president for visiting his family in Idaho, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reported.

    "We again call on Iran to release Mr. Abedini so that he may be reunited with his family," the ACLJ quoted National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan. Read More