By Bob Allen A half-day event is scheduled July 30 in Northfield, Minn., to promote Baptist opposition to Nov. 6 ballot initiatives in several states asking voters to define marriage as a legal union of one man and one woman….
BWA formally hires leaders
By Bob Allen The Baptist World Alliance formalized appointments of two executive staff members July 6 during leadership meetings in Santiago, Chile. Rothangliani Rema Chhangte, originally from India but who worked most recently for American Baptist Churches USA, begins Aug….
NABF plans 2014 anniversary
By Bob Allen North Americans attending the July 2-7 Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Santiago, Chile, convened Thursday afternoon to preview plans for the 50th anniversary celebration of the North American Baptist Fellowship in 2014. The March 6-7, 2014,…
Pastor blasts biblical inerrancy
By Bob Allen Biblical inerrancy – the idea that the Bible’s authors were safeguarded against error when inspired by God to write facts about science and history in Scripture – is a misleading and harmful concept that has been used…
New book tells story of loss, redemption
By Bob Allen A new book self-described as “one part worst-case scenario and three parts God’s creative redemption,” about a church-bus tragedy that turned into a grassroots movement for doing good, cracked the Amazon Top 50 Christian Living Hot New…
Baptist leaders meet in Chile
By Bob Allen About 300 Baptist leaders from around the world are in Santiago, Chile, this week for an annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. In an opening celebration service July 2, BWA President John Upton recalled worldwide Baptist…
Prof decries marginalization of Calvinists
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By Bob Allen A seminary professor denounced the marginalization of Calvinists in the Southern Baptist Convention at a breakfast gathering during the recent SBC annual meeting in New Orleans. Speaking at the 2012 Founder’s Breakfast, Tom Nettles, professor of historical…
Changing the face of homelessness
By Alice Horner It’s a humid Monday night in downtown Baltimore, but the heat isn’t slowing Greg Gilchrist down. He keeps a towel handy next to his Bible as he preaches to a crowded room at Code Blue Shelter. Amens…
BTSR goes ‘boothless’ in Fort Worth
By Bob Allen Alumni of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond searched in vain this year for a booth in the exhibit hall at last week’s Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, but their alma mater was far…