By Jeff Brumley The new leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s moral concerns agency says he hopes to build working relationships with moderate and cooperative Baptists, and that he will not treat those who disagree with SBC positions as adversaries. Russell…
SBC probes Planned Parenthood ties
By Bob Allen Southern Baptist Convention leaders have been asked to consider removing a Texas church that supports a local chapter of Planned Parenthood of America. Messengers to the 2013 SBC annual meeting in Houston voted June 11 to refer…
OPINION: Embrace the sand
I’ve got this little problem that I think I hide well most of the time. I’ve crafted my Jungian mask and public persona to come across as fairly laid-back, cool and collected. At least that’s what I tell myself I’ve…
LETTER: Tea Party parallel is at best a stretch
Your attempt to draw a parallel between SBC fundamentalists and those that might be in the Republican Party is at best a stretch [“Will fundamentalism be with us forever?”]. However, your intention is clear: You are now blatantly political. You…
WINN RECOMMENDS: Books that matter
Summer, the days I believe to be perfectly fitted for fiction, are upon us. Here are a few titles you should not miss. The Dog Stars, Peter Heller (Vintage) A flu pandemic has wiped most of the world’s populate from…
OPINION: The Artist’s gallery
It was a rainy summer afternoon in Atlanta. I was about 20 years old. I had taken the MARTA train from Lenox where I had just finished a shift selling clothes at J. Crew and was certainly dressed the part. …
D.C. Baptist Convention churches will see change in representation on SBC governing boards
Churches affiliated with the District of Columbia Baptist Convention will see diminished representation on the governing boards of Southern Baptist Convention agencies and institutions, following a June 11 vote. At its annual meeting in Houston, the SBC adopted a recommendation…
Baptist Joint Committee names new communications chief
WASHINGTON — Cherilyn Crowe has been named director of communications for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, succeeding Jeff Huett, who was named the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s associate coordinator of communications and advancement. Cherilyn Crowe A graduate of Samford…
Huckabee questions church tax-exemption
By Bob Allen Former Arkansas governor turned media personality Mike Huckabee asked Southern Baptist pastors to consider whether tax breaks from the government are worth the accompanying restrictions on political speech. The former pastor and president of the Arkansas Baptist…
Pastor: SBC should support abuse victims
By Jeff Brumley The Georgia preacher who proposed a resolution urging the Southern Baptist Convention to get tough on predators says Baptist leaders’ public support of an evangelical preacher accused in a lawsuit of covering up child sex abuse has…
Team seeks to avert SBC split on Calvinism
By Jeff Brumley Growing disagreements over the role of Calvinism will make the Southern Baptist Convention stronger, not weaker, as long as its focus remains on evangelism, members of an advisory team commissioned to study the topic told hundreds in…
VITAL SIGNS: What the gloomy predictions about church overlook
Are you tired of the doomsday rhetoric about the church in America? Have you noticed that the bandwagon of those predicting the imminent demise of congregational life is filled to capacity? Are you ready to tune out another diatribe proclaiming…