November 3, 2010 | Lee Ann McKenna has been named this year\'s winner of the Greater Toronto Area YMCA\'s Peace Medallion. A key focus of the nomination is her work with the Sudanese Organization for Non-Violence and Development (SONAD), a non-profit working with marginalized people in Sudan to reduce poverty, promote human rights and combat HIV/AIDS through training and advocacy. Read more »
September 29, 2010 | G. McLeod "Mac" Bryan, professor emeritus of religion known for championing racial justice and human rights, died Wednesday, September 29, at his home. He was 90. Read more »
September 28, 2010 | Baptist leaders hailed a pledge by top leaders of Nagaland\'s three rival political factions to cease hostilities that have for decades beset the heavily Baptist state in northeastern India. Read more »
September 17, 2010 | On August 28, 2010, Churches Supporting Churches presented a community forum on mental health issues in the city of New Orleans. Entitled ìThe Community Speaks: Whoís Listening?î, the forum featured a panel of experts speaking and answering questions on mental health. Scheduled to coincide with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the forum acknowledged the ongoing challenges created and exacerbated by the storm and its aftermath. Read more »
September 17, 2010 | Members of Allen Temple Baptist Church, a BPFNA Partner Congregation in Oakland, CA, were part of a group arrested Sept. 11 while working with AIDS patients in Zimbabwe. They were freed on bail later in the week and are scheduled to appear in court there later this month. Read more »
September 13, 2010 | As the leader of an effort to build an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan expressed his dismay Sept. 13 at the rising tide of anti-Islam rhetoric across the country, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America called on Baptists to build bridges of understanding with their Muslim neighbors. Read more »
September 10, 2010 | The BPFNA board has issued a statement that "urges people of faith to support our Muslim brothers and sisters in this time of increased Islamophobia and anti-Muslim behavior." Read more »
September 9, 2010 | Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, a BPFNA Partner Congregation in Raleigh, NC, will host a reading of the Qur\'an and a time of prayer on Saturday, September 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. The text will be read in Arabic and English. Read more »
September 4, 2010 | Hector Villanueva, a pastor in the Hispanic Network of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina, recently applied for US citizen. As a result of the required background check, Villanueva was arrested Thursday, August 19, and now faces deportation based on a 15-year-old worthless check conviction for which he served his sentence. Read more »
October 27 – October 27, 2018
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, Ottawa, ON. Learn More »
November 11 – November 13, 2018
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto, ON. Learn More »
Resources for Advent and Christmas
Bienvenido a nuestra nueva Congregación Asociada / Welcome to our newest Partner Congregation!
University Baptist Church – Austin, Texas
Volume 38 Issue 4: Oct-Dec 2018
Copy/Articles due: July 30, 2018
Ads/Art due: August 13, 2018
