As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...
Would you ever tweet, blog, or Facebook your sins? Is social media the place for confession and atonement? Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement for Jews, occurred last week. Yom Kippur is the day of repentance for past sins, to…
Accepted a new call? Been ordained? Church celebrating an anniversary? Mission trip or project that you would like highlighted on the HeraldBeat page? Send info to HeraldBeat editor Barbara Francis at [email protected]. Transitions ON THE MOVE Adam Blosser, to Drakes…
By Jeff Brumley Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, is famous for a lot of things, including its historic organ, liturgical worship and its urban outreach. But it’s also known, at least locally, as one of the best places…
By Bob Allen The future of Baylor University’s independent alumni association and The Baylor Line magazine remains unclear after a Sept. 7 vote to dissolve the Baylor Alumni Association into the university failed to muster a needed two-thirds super majority….
By Bob Allen New guidelines that bar Southern Baptist military chaplains from leading or attending same-sex wedding ceremonies may force Bible-believing Christians to choose between serving God or country, a seminary president says in a blog and audio podcast. “The…
