Last December, not long after the Hamas attack on Israel, I wrote in this column about World War I, and how compassion for the physically devastated and spiritually lost people of Europe led Baptist churches to work together like never before to send missionaries and relief to the world. The 1925 Southern Baptist Convention then […]
Nate Adams
Back to Indy
Though I grew up in a pastor’s home, I didn’t attend a national Southern Baptist Convention until I was 34. I’ve learned that’s not unusual. For most pastors, it’s not easy to carve out the time and resources needed to travel to the various cities where the SBC meets each year, especially with their families. […]
My CP Story
While in college, I served a nearby Baptist church as its youth minister. One night during a church business meeting, someone asked what this line was in the church budget called “Cooperative Program,” and whether it could be cut back to free up money for some other things. A respected deacon and businessman in the […]
Barber to visit
Last June 13, the day Dr. Bart Barber was elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention for a second annual term, I invited him to come to Illinois. Throughout his first term I had respected his candor and transparency in speaking to the many complex issues and challenges facing the national SBC today, and I […]
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