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Abercrombie's CEO says he only wants attractive, thin people shopping in his store. Columnist Brett Maragni reflects on the CEO's comments. ...more
After nearly eight months on defense, cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can get back to pumping up their football team -- and if they want to use a Bible verse on a banner to do it, they have every right. ...more
The Kentucky Baptist Convention Mission Board has approved details of the 2013-14 budget to move Kentucky Baptists to a 50/50 allocation of Cooperative Program dollars between Kentucky Baptist and Southern Baptist causes. The budget also includes Cooperative Program Resourcing (CPR) funds to educate Kentucky Baptists on CP missions and to promote the unified giving approach among the state convention's 2,400 congregations. ...more
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary presented diplomas to 234 students at its spring commencement, where President Paige Patterson charged the men and women to keep leading people to Christ their top priority. ...more
"We have to plant more churches," North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell emphasized to NAMB trustees during their May 14-15 meeting in Alpharetta, Ga. "The Book of Acts makes it very clear that this work never ends." ...more
The declaration of a state of emergency in three northern Nigerian states does nothing to address the root cause of a surge in Islamic terrorism against Christians and others, an expert in Islamism told Baptist Press. ...more
The "brave new world" of human cloning apparently has arrived, and critics are waving the warning flags. ...more
Columnist Phil Boatwright interviews Erin Bethea, who starred in "Fireproof" and is in a new movie, "This Is Our Time." ...more
Veteran Southern Baptist journalist James A. Smith Sr. has been named seminary executive editor and chief spokesman of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. ...more
Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize gay marriage Tuesday (May 14), continuing a trend that has seen the number of states that have redefined marriage double within the past year. ...more
