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August 6, 2012  ·  Issue 12-150Follow ABP on Facebook and Twitter
FEATURE
Broadway organ
Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, has the largest pipe organ in Texas, with more than 10,000 pipes, and the largest of its specific design in the world. 
 

There are times, Shaun King says, when worship music should be energetic, light or joyful. That's when instruments like pianos, drums and guitars do the trick. But then there are times when the sound needs to be "bigger and in your face," said the senior pastor of College Park Baptist Church in Orlando. And that's when you need an organ. [Read story]

 

NEWS

A survey's finding that few Americans use social media to connect with churches and other religious groups has those who conducted the research astonished. [Read story]

More news: 

-- Miami school board won't evict church

-- Police investigate IFB pastor

-- Texas Baptists name new publisher

 

SEEKING THE KINGDOM -- by David Gushee              
GusheeA summer of travel, dialogue and prayer nurtures concerns and hopes in interfaith movements, missions needs and CBF's future. [Read column]
COMMENTARY              
marv knox
Marv Knox

Life, assault weapons and consistency

Why do so many people who take a pro-life position on abortion take an anti-life position on possession of firearms designed to execute multiple victims in mere seconds? [Read commentary]


CAN I GET A WITNESS? -- by Bill Leonard             
Bill LeonardHow can churches minister in a society unwilling to give up its guns? [Read column] 
NEW VOICE FEATURE
Teacher Residency

Union University student Sara Shaw teaches at Evans Elementary School as part of the Memphis Teacher Residency program. (PHOTO/Union University)

 

Education 'today's civil-rights issue'

A new kind of "school choice" agenda is gaining ground as more and more young adults - including Christians concerned about social justice - choose teaching in public schools over more lucrative and less challenging careers. [Read story]

 

Read related New Voice story:

-- Churches aid learning with food

 

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"There are a lot of naysayers who say the organ is dead, but that's simply not true."
-- Shaun King, senior pastor, College Park Baptist Church in Orlando

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