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The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

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...

Two Baptist associations — one urban, one rural — merge to form 96-church ministry network

NORFOLK — Two Baptist associations — one in Virginia’s highly-urbanized Hampton Roads, the other on the state’s rural Eastern Shore — have merged to form a new network of 96 churches. At separate meetings in mid-April, representatives of the Norfolk…

Baptist leaders combat mental illness, suicide

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Frank Page, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, was getting ready to work in the yard in the fall of 2009 when the phone rang. His daughter was on the line. Daddy, I love you,…

Baptist leaders, with personal experiences, tackle the stigma of mental illness and suicide

County boards in Md., NC. challenged over official sectarian prayers, joining others in region

Two more county governing boards in the Mid-Atlantic are under fire for giving preference to Christian prayers in opening official meetings. The two counties — one in Maryland, the other in North Carolina — join a growing number of others…

Whirlwind tour takes new CBF executive coordinator to five cities in North Carolina

On the heels of her April 20-25 tour of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches in Virginia, CBF executive coordinator Suzii Paynter traveled to North Carolina for another five-city tour that included stops in Asheville, Winston-Salem, Greenville, Raleigh and Charlotte between April…

County boards in Md., NC. challenged over official sectarian prayers, joining others in region

Ministry gets artsy with fundraising

By Daniel Wallace The Christian mandate to fight poverty is as old as Scripture, but doing it requires constant creativity. “We recognize that we can’t rely on any one source of funds or any one way of doing things to…

Woman named to lead British Baptists

By Bob Allen Forty-eight-year-old Lynn Green was elected May 4 as general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. The first woman to hold the post, she replaces Jonathan Edwards, who steps down in July after seven years. Green…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

Two Baptist associations — one urban, one rural — merge to form 96-church ministry network

Baptist leaders combat mental illness, suicide

Baptist leaders, with personal experiences, tackle the stigma of mental illness and suicide

County boards in Md., NC. challenged over official sectarian prayers, joining others in region

Whirlwind tour takes new CBF executive coordinator to five cities in North Carolina

County boards in Md., NC. challenged over official sectarian prayers, joining others in region

Ministry gets artsy with fundraising

Woman named to lead British Baptists

Pope wants Church to ‘act decisively’ on sexual abuse

When Christians become a ‘hated minority’

Hollywood seeks divine inspiration with biblical epics

For some Baptists, the name of the church is hindrance to saving souls

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war