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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World Vision reverses decision to hire gays

Social media reaction of World Vision controversy

This week World Vision, the para-church organization that fights hunger, announced that they ended their ban on hiring people in a same sex marriage. After considerable blow back from supporters and Christians, World Vision reversed its policy. Some supporters said…

Virginia church may look Anglican, but it’s fully Baptist

By Jeff Brumley Sunday mornings at All Souls Charlottesville are fairly common for an Anglican congregation. The Book of Common Prayer and the Revised Common Lectionary are standard, creeds are spoken together, the Eucharist is the central focus of the liturgy…

Follow God’s call, not ‘belittling voices,’ Paynter tells women ministers

By Ken Camp Women ministers need to recognize their calling as a seed God has planted in their lives, the first female executive of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship told an organization of women in ministry March 24. Suzii Paynter urged…

Living, dying and laughing

By Gary Cook The ancient words from the wisdom literature of Ecclesiastes 3 concerning a time for living, dying and laughing and the words from Proverbs 31 about laughing at the days to come become more real as one gets…

Pastor says wifely submission models gospel

By Bob Allen An Alabama pastor recently told Southern Baptist seminarians that defending male headship and wifely submission is critical in a culture increasingly accepting of same-sex marriage. “We defend sexual complementarity in marriage for the sake of the gospel…

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The crazy lady in the attic

Fred Phelps is dead and there is no one to mourn his passing. In the end, poor Fred was abandoned even by the cult his hate built. One is tempted to see Fred Phelps as an extreme expression of the…