How to Be Blessed

April 17, 2008

Most people think of the term "blessed" as something external, a condition conferred on one by another. We think of Isaac blessing Jacob instead of

South Alabama students, area churches engage internationals with van ministry

April 17, 2008

When Monday afternoons roll around, it’s a sure bet volunteers in Mobile will have their own international missions field ready and waiting — for a

Samford creates undergraduate scholarships for future ministers

April 17, 2008

In what may be the first program of its kind, an Alabama Baptist school is targeting future ministers with undergraduate scholarships. Samford University has

Baptist pastor beaten, jailed in Uzbekistan

April 17, 2008

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — A Baptist pastor in Uzbekistan was beaten and jailed April 3 after police raided a house church meeting in the city of

GuideStone now provides long-term care insurance

April 17, 2008

DALLAS — GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention recently made long-term care education and insurance available to ministers, church staff, employees of ministry

Disgraced former Baylor coach apologizes

April 17, 2008

SAN ANTONIO — Former Baylor University, Waco, Texas, coach Dave Bliss made his first public apology to fellow coaches at the National Association of Basketball

Court dismisses Baptist church-state case

April 17, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal court has dismissed a 10-year-old legal challenge brought by Kentucky taxpayers who questioned government funding of a Baptist social services