By Jeff Brumley Some pastors may look forward to — and even need — a post-holiday lull. But not Doug Dortch, the senior minister at Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Instead, he’ll be busy those first few days…
Redeeming fornication
By Bob Allen Christians lost more than just a word when they began substituting modern euphemisms like “premarital sex” for the old-fashioned sin of “fornication,” a Southern Baptist theologian said in a recent essay. Russell Moore, theology dean at Southern…
Iowa Baptist church open to gay weddings
By Bob Allen An American Baptist church in Iowa City has announced it will perform same-sex weddings, presumably the state’s first Baptist congregation to do so since Iowa’s Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2009. The Des Moines Register reported…
Pastor calls for ‘serious’ gun control
By Bob Allen A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pastor and activist judge is asking the state of Arkansas to limit gun ownership in the same way it regulates motor vehicles, including licensure and required insurance. Wendell Griffen, pastor of New Millennium…
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Pastor takes leave of absence
By Bob Allen The pastor of a historic progressive Baptist church in North Carolina has taken a 30-day leave of absence for treatment of chronic depression and anxiety. Stephen Shoemaker, senior minister at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C.,…
Hobby Lobby braces for fines
By Bob Allen Baptist-owned Hobby Lobby faces fines up to $1.3 million a day for refusing to obey a law that takes effect Jan. 1 requiring employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives, including methods the…
Hobby Lobby braces for fines
By Bob Allen Baptist-owned Hobby Lobby faces fines up to $1.3 million a day for refusing to obey a law that takes effect Jan. 1 requiring employee health care plans to provide insurance coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives, including methods…
Moderate Baptist leader Henry Crouch dies
By Bob Allen Alliance of Baptists founder William Henry Crouch, 84, died Dec. 29 at his home in Asheville, N.C. Crouch, pastor emeritus of Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., was a member of the “Gatlinburg Gang,” a group convened…