Simmons College of Kentucky and the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky announced plans Feb. 16 to make it easier for African-American college graduates to earn graduate degrees. A historically black college and a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-aligned seminary have announced a collaboration…
Minister ‘fought herself’ to accept generous church maternity leave policy
Carol McEntyre says she had to battle her own work ethic and guilt to take advantage of a generous parental leave policy at First Baptist Church in Columbia, Mo., where she is pastor. Many women clergy serve at churches where…
Aging hands no bar to ministry for retired couple
By Vicki Brown Don Wideman is a grateful man who, these days, concentrates on family and an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church in North Kansas City, Mo. The executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention from 1987…
Lawyer says Scalia’s death looms large in pending cases
By Bob Allen The unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia looms large in cases currently before the Supreme Court concerning abortion and religious liberty concerns, says a lawyer who recently filed a brief asking justices to uphold a Texas law…
Faith groups say Exxon dragging feet on climate change proposal
A coalition of faith and values-driven organizations that view management of their investments as a catalyst for social change say ExxonMobile needs to be more specific about its policy on climate change. An American Baptist agency criticized efforts by ExxonMobile…
Lawyer says Scalia’s death looms large in pending cases
Experts say any hope conservative Christians had for major wins in abortion and religious liberty cases currently before the Supreme Court is diminished with the passing of one of the court’s most consistently conservative jurists. The unexpected death of Justice…
Aging hands no bar to ministry for retired couple
Marian and Don Wideman have stayed busy helping others even in retirement. Don Wideman is a grateful man who, these days, concentrates on family and an adult Sunday school class at First Baptist Church in North Kansas City, Mo. The…
SBC leader says candidates should talk about Supreme Court picks
By Bob Allen The president of the Southern Baptist Convention says the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Feb. 14 raises stakes even higher in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church in…
Iconic Texas pastor Buckner Fanning dies
The longtime moderate leader and pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, suffered a major stroke in August. Buckner Fanning, who retired in 2002 after 42 years as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas, has died…
SBC leader says candidates should talk about Supreme Court picks
Ronnie Floyd remembered deceased Justice Antonin Scalia as a defender of conservative values. The president of the Southern Baptist Convention says the unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Feb. 14 raises stakes even higher in the upcoming U.S….
Brazilian Baptist open to using abortion in fight against Zika virus
With Roman Catholics deeply entrenched against relaxing Brazil’s restrictive abortion laws and other groups like Anglicans on the fence, a progressive Baptist leader says it’s time to hear from poor women fearing birth defects who seek them. An indigenous Baptist…
Faith rescues Texas woman from addiction and jail, opens new life for her and son
Buckner program provides community and direction for woman who reached her bottom in jail thanks to drug and alcohol abuse. Sitting in a Houston jail cell, Lindsay Larson realized things had reached an all-time low. A lifetime of drug and…