Why you should care about the Second Baptist Houston lawsuit

A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...

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Opinions!

Baptists are an opinionated crowd. We were taught to be that way. Preachers invest a lot of time and energy saying we ought to do this and that we should not or must not do that. If you grew up…

Baptist public policy group to relocate to Austin by September

By Ken Camp One of Baptists’ key public policy advocacy groups is relocating its headquarters in what it hopes will increase support for its legislative priorities. The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission will move from Dallas to Austin, the state’s…

Summer program offers intentional community experience

By Jeff Brumley Young adult Baptists and other Christians curious about living in intentional Christian communities can learn what that life is like through a summer program offered jointly by the Alliance of Baptists and the United Church of Christ. “Summer Communities of…

A meditation on inequality

By Bill Leonard A “magnificent, sweeping meditation on inequality.” That’s what Nobel laureate and economist Paul Krugman calls Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the runaway bestseller and culture commentary first published in France, now electrifying economic, academic and…

Why should you care about Southern Baptists’ drop in baptisms?

By George Bullard The first response of many people may be “I don’t care.” That’s fine. You have that right. But you ought to care. First, take note of the report that came out recently and was distributed by Baptist…

Documentary examines failed End Times prophet Harold Camping

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