DAVIS—Monday morning staff meeting at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center is part breakfast, Bible lesson and military briefing all in one.
On this particular Monday morning, a certain haze has crept over the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma as morning rain has cooled the blistering hot temperatures known to oppress even those most physically fit. James Swain, [...]
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Christian cultural engagement: Gleanings from the ministry of Bill D. Ellis
Roughly 2,000 years ago a religious leader in Jerusalem named Nicodemus was confronted with a baffling statement. Jesus had told him that in order to see the kingdom of God he had to be “born again.” He wondered how this was possible. “Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” [...]
The eagerness of a prisoner; the humility of a seminarian
By Asher Griffin
After the first time I was in prison, I promised myself I would never go back. The cement floors were cold, the windows were foggy and small, the doors were loud and the echoes of the voices never ceased, only increased. The food looked dry and hazy—like the butt of a cigarette. [...]
The Tea Party truth
The month of February 2009 marks the turning point in the minds of many Americans as the beginning of a decisive push back against government policies designed to halt the country’s economic freefall.
In the waning days of the Bush administration, the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) bailout was conceived by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as [...]
New SBC President Bryant Wright
Newly elected president of the SBC, Bryant Wright gives a press conference.
SBC President Press Conference from Baptist Messenger on Vimeo.
GCRTF Press Conference
After the passing of the Great Commission Resurgence Taskforce, the members give a press conference.
GCR Press Conference from Baptist Messenger on Vimeo.
Executive Committee President Frank Page
Newly elected president of the Executive Committee, Frank Page gives a press conference.
Frank Page Press Conference from Baptist Messenger on Vimeo.
Editor’s Journal: In search of the SBC majority
For a denomination that revels in numbers, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) seems to continually come up smaller and smaller.
Total membership for the entire denomination in 2009 totaled 16.16 million (a decrease of 0.42 percent from 2008) gathered into 45,010 local churches (a 0.36 percent increase from 2008). With these figures, the SBC is still [...]
Missions 101: Reaching and teaching, new podcast with David Sills
The very idea of a missionary seems to be part and parcel of what it means to be a Christian. It was Charles Haddon Spurgeon who said, “You are either a missionary or an imposter.”
Yet, when confronted with the challenges of reaching people who have never heard the name of Jesus—who have no frame of [...]
Remembering the Thunderbirds – Oklahoma’s 45th Infantry Division
“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
—Winston Churchill
When U.S. Army Specialist, Daniel Crisp, walked into the 45th Infantry Division Museum at 2145 N.E. 36th Street in Oklahoma City, he was treated like a celebrity when museum staff realized [...]
