By Jeff Brumley In a letter describing the Islamist persecution of Christians in Egypt, a Baptist minister in Cairo provides a disturbing warning against the entanglement of religion and politics. And portions of the letter, two U.S. church scholars say, are…
Lawsuit fights Ten Commandments display
By Bob Allen The executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists is lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument on the State Capitol grounds in Oklahoma City. Bruce Prescott, an ordained Baptist minister and member of…
Domestic violence focus of virtual tour
By Bob Allen American Baptist Women’s Ministries will lead an online “virtual mission encounter” on the topic of domestic violence Sept. 23-27. “Garlands instead of Ashes: Domestic Violence” is the third of four learning opportunities in 2013 allowing women to…
CBF churches brace for Obamacare
By Bob Allen It’s time to stop debating whether Obamacare is good or bad and start making good stewardship choices for church staffs and congregations, the head of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Church Benefits Board said in a CBF blog…
Mission trip transforms Kentucky church
By Emily Holladay When Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., sent its first mission team to paint a Karen youth hostel in Thailand in 2001, Annette Ellard and her husband, Steve Clark, began an adventure beyond their wildest dreams….
Editor says bylaw vote threatens CLC
By Bob Allen A Baptist state newspaper editor says Texas Baptist leadership should consider a do-over of a change to governing documents that could jeopardize six decades of respected social witness by the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission. The Baptist…
SBC ethicist fires shot in gender war
By Bob Allen A California law letting transgender students in public schools choose access to boy’s or girl’s restrooms and sports locker rooms has put Southern Baptists’ new ethics head in the center of a national debate over LGBT politics….
SBC ethicist fires shot in gender war
By Bob Allen A California law letting transgender students in public schools choose access to boy’s or girl’s restrooms and sports locker rooms has put Southern Baptists’ new ethics head in the center of a national debate over LGBT politics….
For disaster relief volunteers, sense of call remains intact despite long hours and exhausting work
For many long-time Virginia Baptist disaster relief volunteers, the memories are clear — but the dates, places and events can be difficult to keep straight. Was it Hurricane Charlie in 2004 or Hugo in 1989 or Irene in 2011? Were…
VITAL SIGNS: Why faith and health are inseparable
Compartmentalization is the bane of authentic faith. When we begin to divide the realms of our life from one another, the end result looks very different than loving God with “all your heart, soul, mind and strength.” We become a…
Reflections on a fast-moving year in CBF
By Vicki Brown Helping guide the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship through leadership changes and into a new structure was sometimes an exhausting, sometimes exciting process, said Keith Herron, the organization’s immediate past moderator. And it went by fast, he added. “We…
Baptists support discrimination ban
By Bob Allen Baptist preachers opposing a ban on discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation in Frankfort, Ky., don’t speak for all members of the Baptist faith, moderate and progressive ministers contended in an op-ed…