| October 28, 2013 by K. Allan Blume, BR Editor | |
 | Mike Whitson, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Indian Trail, is hosting a luncheon for Mark Harris during the annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC). READ MORE  |
| Sandy's survivors buoyed by Baptist aid October 28, 2013 by Laura Sikes, Baptist Press | |
 | In the picturesque coastal village of Freeport on Long Island where Superstorm Sandy’s surge flooded homes with as much as eight feet of water, neighborhoods look back to normal – at least on the outside. READ MORE |
| Moore sets forth 'priority' not 'pullback' October 28, 2013 by Tom Strode, Baptist Press | |
 | Southern Baptist ethicist Russell D. Moore is not calling for a retreat but a different kind of evangelical Christian engagement with politics and the culture, he told a national television audience. READ MORE |
| Next steps, lostness focus of annual meeting October 29, 2013 by Melissa Lilley, BSC Communications | |
 | With a theme of "Arise," messengers to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC) Annual Meeting Nov. 11-12 will be challenged to step up and take action to help penetrate lostness. READ MORE |
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 K. Allan Blume BR Editor | Moore WSJ story stirs Baptists A story about Russell Moore in the Oct. 21 edition of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) caused some stir among Baptists last week. The story seemed to imply that Moore, president of Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, was telling Baptists to distance themselves from cultural and political involvement at a time when the "salt and light" is most needed. The headline of the WSJ story read, "Evangelical Leader Preaches Pullback From Politics, Culture Wars." A follow-up story released by Baptist Press on Oct. 25 brought clarification to Moore’s intent. He said the headline was misleading. "I think that was an inaccurate headline," Moore said, because it did not include the word "against." He said the headline should have said, "Evangelical Leader Preaches Against Pullback..." "What I’m calling for is not a pullback but a priority," Moore said. "What I’m concerned about is that I see a generation of evangelicals who are disaffected from political engagement. Many of them simply want to walk away from political engagement, which I think would be a terrible error." Moore added, "We have to, if we love our neighbors, be engaged in the public process; we have to be concerned as citizens; we have to be fighting against injustice, including injustices such as abortion and sex trafficking and pornography and all of those things." We need to be engaged in this important discussion. Read the story and post your comments at the end of the article. We look forward to reading your comments. The annual meeting of the N.C. Baptists is less than two weeks away. I hope to see you at the Biblical Recorder's booth. Come by to register for one of the 20 gifts we will be giving away including an Apple iPad Mini and a Kindle Fire HD. Click here to learn more about these prizes. I look forward to seeing you in Greensboro, Nov. 11-12. Visit us on Facebook and "like" us! Email me: [email protected] |
