by David McCollum | Jul 1, 2013 | News
Vernon Pittman witnessed grandfathers, fathers and sons go to prison during his three decades as a Texas correctional officer. Having retired as a prison warden, Pittman has set up a scholarship foundation for the offspring of inmates. “I started a scholarship...
by David McCollum | May 21, 2012 | News
Women in ministry, long kept in the shadows by many Baptist churches and organizations, surged into the spotlight recently. The reflections on a cultural shift took many shapes and forms at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas assembly April 27-28 at Pulaski...
by David McCollum | May 15, 2012 | News
For almost a century, Lottie Moon has been a major icon for fundraising for bold mission efforts by the Southern Baptist Convention. She is hailed as a late 19th- and early 20th-century pioneer for efforts on the foreign mission field, particularly to China. She was...
by David McCollum | Sep 19, 2011 | News
A central question raised during the premier screening of “Gospel Without Borders” in Little Rock, Ark., concerned how goodwill Christians can be a soothing breeze in the face of a strong and tumultuous anti-immigration tide. The new EthicsDaily.com...
by David McCollum | Sep 16, 2011 | News
After the premier screening of the documentary “Gospel Without Borders” on Sept. 13 in Little Rock, Ark., panelists passionately stretched the boundaries of perceptions about immigration – from myths and stereotypical thinking to moral issues, legal...