Here are a few articles worth reading through.
The first can be found in the forum. It is by Lillian B. Rubin and speaks to how the political left is losing the votes of the working class and why. Let me know what you think!
The second is an interesting little evaluation of Maritain. I would like to say that I had heard of Maritain before seminary or bothered to read him during, but both would be false claims. I enjoyed the article. If you know nothing of Maritain, it may be a good place to start.
Finally, it looks like the Baptist World Alliance will be accepting the Virginia Baptist Convention as a member organization. Texas, whose Baptist convention is as large as the ABC or the ECUSA I believe, is also following suit. This may be an interesting shift of "global" baptist organizations.
This unanimous vote by the Membership Committee was then approved by the Executive Committee. The General Council which meets in Birmingham, England will make the final decision. If both of these groups are admitted, it will add to the membership of the BWA more than 3 million baptized believers and more than 7000 new churches.Posted by tripp at March 15, 2005 01:29 PMTexas Baptists currently record 5,700 churches with 2.3 million baptized believers and last year planted 176 new churches, 85 percent of which are Hispanic. There are 100 local Associations in the Convention. Last year the Texas Baptist Convention gave US$ 129,000 to the BWA.
The Virginia Association has 1,419 churches with a membership total of 407,556 with 42 district associations. On average it plants 30 new congregations each year. Last year it gave the BWA US$ 150,000.