Jul 9, 2019 | Tony Cartledge Blog
The 2019 Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) got off to a rousing start Monday with a packed house gathering to enjoy welcome activities offered by the meeting’s Bahamian hosts. A string of dignitaries were introduced and recognized by name and...
Jul 7, 2019 | Tony Cartledge Blog
The 2019 Baptist International Conference on Theological Education (BICTE) wrapped up July 7 with a panel discussion featuring 11 representative global pastors, counselors, and theologians responding to questions raised by participants in the meeting, which drew about...
Jul 7, 2019 | Tony Cartledge Blog
Bible scholars have long speculated about the origins of the Philistines, who showed up in southern Palestine during the transition from the Late Bronze Age to Iron Age I, somewhere around 1200 BCE. After failing to conquer Egypt in a sea battle that cost the...
Jul 6, 2019 | Tony Cartledge Blog
The second day of the Baptist International Conference on Theological Education got underway with a stirring paper by Valérie Duval-Poujol of France on the subject of “Bible Translations and How They Have Affected Women’s Engagement in the Church and...
Jul 5, 2019 | Tony Cartledge Blog
Every five years or so, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) sponsors a conference with the ungainly acronym of BICTE: the Baptist International Conference on Theological Education. Meeting either before or after the BWA’s Annual Gathering, the conference generally...
