WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — A seminary president calling for a “Great Commission Resurgence” in the Southern Baptist Convention says reversing the denomination’s declining baptism totals is a matter not merely of evangelism, but also birthrates. Most attention to a…
Book says SBC lacks system of preventing sexual abuse
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — A book released in advance of the June 23-24 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention claims the nation's largest Protestant faith group has more than 100,000 clergy, but no effective system of denominational oversight to…
Book says SBC lacks system of preventing sexual abuse
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — A book released in advance of the June 23-24 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention claims the nation’s largest Protestant faith group has more than 100,000 clergy, but no effective system of denominational oversight to…
Baptists urged to consider risks of ‘majoritarian faith’
Baptist historian Doug Weaver speaks at the Baptist History and Heritage Society annual meeting. (PHOTO/Andy Rawls)HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (ABP) — Baptists in America — who find themselves members of a religious majority or plurality in many areas — would do well…
Baptists’ grass-roots identity helped spread key ideas, historian contends
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (ABP) — While Baptists may not be able to claim sole credit as the originators of ideas such as religious liberty and the modern missionary movement, the denomination’s identification with common folk has often helped Baptists become “popularizers” of…
Baptist Women in Ministry hires executive director
ATLANTA (ABP) — Just six years after it laid off its staff and considered closing for good, Baptist Women in Ministry has hired a new full-time executive director. Pamela Durso, currently associate director of the Baptist History and Heritage Society, begins new…
Baptist Women in Ministry hires Pam Durso as executive director
ATLANTA (ABP) — Just six years after it laid off its staff and considered closing for good, Baptist Women in Ministry has hired a new full-time executive director. Pamela Durso, currently associate director of the Baptist History and Heritage Society, begins new…
Religious leaders say time running out for Palestinian Christians
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Religious leaders are warning President Obama that continuing strife between Palestinians and Israelis threatens to wipe out a Christian presence in the Holy Land. Fifty-six representatives of various Protestant and Catholic faiths — including several Baptists —…
SBC spokesman disavows statements by former second VP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist Convention spokesman said June 4 that a former official who is praying for the death of President Obama is out of the denomination’s mainstream. Roger “Sing” Oldham, vice president for convention relations with…
Obama, in speech to world’s Muslims, touts religious freedom, cooperation
CAIRO, Egypt (ABP) — In a highly anticipated speech to the world’s Muslims he delivered in Egypt June 4, President Obama called on his host government and other Muslim countries to protect the rights of religious minorities in their midst….
African-American pastor says SBC leaders should repudiate Drake
Dwight McKissic repudiated Drake and said SBC leaders should do the same. ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A prominent African-American pastor says Southern Baptist leaders should publicly repudiate comments by a former Southern Baptist Convention officer that he is praying for President…
Pastor proposes SBC resolution celebrating Obama’s election
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A prominent African-American pastor is urging the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution celebrating the election of President Obama when the denomination meets June 23-24 in Louisville, Ky. A resolution submitted for consideration by Dwight…