A financial supporter of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary criticized President Albert Mohler’s vocal opposition to presidential candidate Donald Trump in opposing op-ed pieces in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Jack Richardson IV, an attorney and longtime member of the Southern Seminary Foundation…
Clinton stumps at North Carolina Baptist church
During a campaign swing through the battleground state of North Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke Oct. 23 from the pulpit of a 7,000-member African-American Baptist church. The former secretary of state reminded worshippers at Union Baptist Church in…
Well-known Baptist church in Atlanta is staying put
A well-known Baptist church in Atlanta has decided to stay on the site it has occupied for six decades following a year-long study of options including relocation or possible merger with another congregation. Members of Wieuca Road Baptist Church voted Oct….
New AWAB leader brings non-profit management skills
The new executive director of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists — a network of more than 100 congregations that fully include members regardless of sexual orientation — hopes to lead the 23-year-old organization to be “a catalyst for building and strengthening…
Florida Baptist newspaper moving to monthly publication
The Florida Baptist Witness, the 132-year-old news journal of the Florida Baptist Convention, will reduce its frequency from every other week to once a month beginning in 2017. The Baptist state newspaper will also begin publishing news stories online when…
Westboro Baptist Church reportedly coming to Belmont University
A Christian university in Nashville, Tenn., is bracing for a Halloween visit by the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. The independent Baptist church which has been protesting the acceptance of homosexuality since 1991 announced on its website…
Survey says white evangelicals sticking with Donald Trump
Evangelical support for Donald Trump did not waver in the two weeks after the release of video of the Republican nominee making vulgar remarks about women recorded on an open microphone in 2005, according to a new survey by Public…
Progressive Baptist church announces pastor search
A Baptist church with a nearly 60-year history of challenging the status quo is seeking a new pastor. The Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church, a progressive congregation in Chapel Hill, N.C., affiliated with both the Alliance of Baptists and…
Pastor terms ESAs ‘violation’ of religious liberty
A Texas Baptist pastor has urged state lawmakers to reject the latest proposal to use taxpayer dollars to help parents send their kids to private or parochial schools or educate them at home. Charles Foster Johnson, executive director of Pastors…
Trump speaks out on disability issues
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to include people with disabilities in his administration and work with Congress to increase opportunities for Americans who live with disabilities in responses to a request by faith-based organizations for political candidates to address…
American Baptists seeking candidates for general secretary position
American Baptist Churches USA is receiving applications and soliciting recommendations for its next general secretary. American Baptist News Service reported Oct. 18 that links to a position profile, instructions for applying and a recommendations form have all been added to…
Former SBC leaders denounce ‘Christophobic behavior’ in Clinton campaign
Two past presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention and a retired agency head were among 86 Roman Catholic and evangelical leaders in an open letter Oct. 12 denouncing what they call anti-Christian bigotry in the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. The…