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Feature Article

When Christianity Confronts Culture

by Lance Patterson BBFI missionary to Kenya “Come quick,” my wife called. “Ezekiel has fainted.” I ran to Ezekiel’s quarters and found him on the floor leaning up against a shelf, his eyelids half closed […]

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Feature Article

Handling dark-side emotions God’s way

by Keith Bassham The weekend before we went to press, a man tried to assassinate an Arizona congress­woman and did manage to kill six people. Oth­ers were wounded in the attack, and the sus­pected shooter […]

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Baptist History

George Grenfell

The hero of the Congo by Thomas Ray George Grenfell was converted and baptized at the age of 15 at Heneage Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, England. He and several zealous young men had a […]

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Urban Current

New currents in the Deep Blue Sea

by Charles Lyons February 22, 2011, will be extraordinary in Chicago history. Voters will go to the polls in a unique mayoral primary. From time immemorial, the primary in Chicago has been the election. There […]

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On the Table

The Tribune is worthwhile

by Keith Bassham There is a reason why automobile windshields are so much larg­er than rearview mirrors — and the Fellowship’s forward look should always be correspondingly larger. That does not, however, mean we ignore […]

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President Perspective

The power of synergy

by Linzy Slayden Synergy is defined as a “mutually advantageous conjunction of par­ticipants” or more simply as “combined action.” To illustrate the concept of synergy all we have to do is think of a job […]

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Worldwide Missions

Why is missions important?

by Mike Frazier BBFI First Vice President, Missions Let me begin by thanking you for your vote of confidence in elect­ing me as First Vice President of the BBFI. It’s an honor for me to […]

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Church Planting

2010 Year of challenge and blessing

by Wayne Guinn The year 2010 is now history. Looking back, there were some real challenges but many blessings. From the reports I can get, at least 34 new churches were birthed last year. Several […]