RSS feed for Baptist Press (BPNews) Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST Southern Baptists throughout social media took note that NBC News anchor Brian Williams and reporter Harry Smith mentioned on air the quick response of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers in Moore, Okla., Tuesday (May 21). Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST A U.S. Senate committee has approved immigration reform legislation without including provisions for same-sex partners opposed by Southern Baptist and other evangelical Christian leaders. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST A record number of Americans believe homosexuality is morally acceptable and is something people are born with, according a new Gallup poll. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST The U.S. State Department disappointed religious freedom advocates by again failing to designate in its latest annual report the world's worst violators of the human right. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST About two-thirds of the 12 million Bibles printed in China in 2012 were exported, with only about 4 million remaining for Christians in the Asian giant. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST Kelly Boggs, editor of the Louisiana Baptist Message, reports and comments on further details about Louisiana College's trustee vote to exonerate the college president, Joe Aguillard, of charges of misappropriation of funds and of misleading trustees. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST A new documentary by Southern Baptist filmmaker Greg Tomlin tells the battlefield conversion story of Vietnam veteran Paul Longgrear and aims at deepening relationships between Vietnam veterans and their children. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST Columnist R. Albert Mohler Jr. says the Boy Scouts' proposal to change their policy on homosexuality "would surrender principle and forfeit the future" of the organization if passed. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00 CST Columnist and Direct of Missions Joe Wright urges Southern Baptists to pray for DOMs and associations, which he says help churches "become more effective in their Kingdom work."