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Hutchens to head Georgia Billy Graham emphasis
Published June 13, 2013

SUGAR HILL — Longtime SBC evangelism leader J.W. Hutchens has been named as the Georgia representative of Billy Graham's upcoming outreach.

Poll: Americans still see religion's importance
By Beth Byrd
Published June 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (BP) — Despite a common belief that culture is rejecting faith-based ideas, a majority of Americans say society would improve with a stronger religious presence.

In 2012 SBC churches up, baptisms down
By Marty King
Published June 13, 2013

NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptists experienced growth in the number of churches affiliated with the convention in 2012 and the total amount given for denominational missions causes. However, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by LifeWay Christian Resources in cooperation with Baptist state conventions, most of the ACP metrics declined in 2012 including membership, average attendance, baptisms, and total giving.

Frank Page's 'Melissa': suicide & God's love
By Diana Chandler
Published June 13, 2013

NASHVILLE (BP) — "I love you, Daddy." "I'm so proud of you." "Thank you for being there for me no matter what." Surreptitiously handwritten expressions, seemingly from the grave.

TRUTH, TRUST, and TESTIMONY IN A TIME OF TENSION
A Statement from the Calvinism Advisory Committee
Published June 13, 2013

Southern Baptists are Great Commission people. We are also a doctrinal people, and those doctrinal convictions undergird our Great Commission vision and passion. We are a confessional people, who stand together upon the doctrines most vital to us all, confessed together in The Baptist Faith and Message.

Calvinism report 9 months in process
By Roger S. Oldham
Published June 13, 2013

NASHVILLE (BP) -- A 19-member advisory team on Calvinism, in concluding nine months of work, has issued its seven-page report, "Truth, Trust, and Testimony in a Time of Tension."

Calvinism Advisory Group Unanimously Affirms its EC Advisory Report
Published June 13, 2013

David S. Dockery, chairman; president, Union University, Jackson, Tenn.: For several years, Southern Baptists have been asking important questions about our identity and our future. At times we have struggled with trying to grasp the breadth of our doctrinal and historical differences, particularly related to matters such as Calvinism.

Who to call
Published June 13, 2013

The Royal Ambassadors organization was founded in 1908 by Woman's Missionary Union, a full two years prior to the Boy Scouts. It was transferred to the Memphis, TN-based Brotherhood Commission in the 1950s and was moved to the North American Mission Board in 1997.

The RAs Pledge
By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor
Published June 13, 2013

Royal Ambassadors is a uniquely Southern Baptist missions education program which involves Bible study and Scripture memorization as well as camp crafts and outdoor activities which sharpen young boys skills in the great outdoors.

Iran's Christians facing 'systematic persecution'
By Steve Dew-Jones, World Watch Monitor
Published June 13, 2013

TEHRAN (BP) — Iran's treatment of its Christian minority has come under fresh scrutiny in recent months with some harsh reports on the country's human rights record.

Keeping vigil
Roswell church continues prayer support for Iranian pastor
By Scott Barkley, Production Editor
Published June 13, 2013

ROSWELL — Pastor Nasser Jallali and members of Iranian Church of Resurrection pray daily for a man they've never met yet hold like a brother and son.

Calvinism committee issues report
By Michael Foust
Published June 13, 2013

NASHVILLE (BP) — A 19-member advisory committee on Calvinism has issued its report to Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee President Frank Page, acknowledging tension and disagreement within the denomination on the issue while urging Southern Baptists to "grant one another liberty" and "stand together" for the Great Commission.

Eyes to see
Nicaragua missions trip helps bring clarity for the Gospel
By Scott Barkley
Published June 13, 2013

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — "Now I can read my Bible again."

She was 75 years old and one of many to come to the eyeglass clinic held in the small village of Christo Rey – translated "Christ the King." She hadn't been able to see in a long time and had difficulty cooking for her family.

Leave Boy Scouts, pastor advises parents, suggesting Baptist alternative
By Art Toalston
Published June 13, 2013

MARIETTA (BP) — Parents of Boy Scouts should remove their children from the organization, Atlanta-area pastor Ernest Easley advised in his May 26 sermon.

The value of a church-based RA program
By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor
Published June 13, 2013

"Once an RA, always an RA," maintains Mike Emeott as he thinks about the foundational precepts he learned beginning in the first grade.

Other SBC leaders express concern
Published June 13, 2013

Ernest Easley was among numerous Southern Baptist leaders who expressed dismay over the Boy Scouts' move to open its ranks to openly gay participants in the weeks before the vote.

RAs remain best option for churches, leaders say
In wake of Boy Scouts decision
By Joe Westbury, Managing Editor
Published June 13, 2013

Churches that are disappointed with the recent Boy Scouts decision on homosexuality don't need to reinvent the wheel by creating a new organization more in keeping with their spiritual values.