NWA Faith

Money given to the Cooperative Program takes a circuitous route through the Southern Baptist Convention. Using Arkansas as an example, this is how it works: Churches within the state give money to the Cooperative Program, which funds not only missions and ministries within the state but also in the Southern Baptist Convention at large.

A conference on addiction will be held June 27-29 at Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center. The program will focus on ways the church can aid families of loved ones struggling with addiction or substance abuse.

The Southern Baptist minister who leads Liberty University’s seminary made a career as a go-to authority on Islam for the evangelical world, selling thousands of books and touring the country as a former Muslim who discovered Jesus Christ.

The top officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency said one of the agency’s videographers was “absolutely wrong” to ask Mississippi church volunteers not to wear religious T-shirts for a video about tornado cleanup.

A report urging Southern Baptists to re-energize efforts to spread the Gospel and plant churches will top the agenda at the denomination’s annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., next month.

Ayear of learning.” That’s how Josh and Laurel Eddelman sum up their experience as church planters in Portland, Ore., these past 15 months. The Northwest Arkansas natives joined another local couple, Duke and Caroline Revard, to form Bread and Wine in March 2009.

Every parent who is raising up a little one has heard the phrase, “But Dad, it’s not fair!” There is an innate desire for justice that is present in the human condition. That childhood wish for fairness matures into a conscience as we develop. Every person around the world and throughout human history has developed a personal moral code.

Church Happenings around Northwest Arkansas

A 5K race slated for May 22 will benefit two Christian organizations that minister to people in need.