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EDITORIAL: How could something so good have been such a bust?

I am scratching my head wondering how the New Baptist Covenant II, supported philosophically and theologically by so many Baptists, drew such meager attendance? Meeting Nov. 17-20 in Atlanta and seven other locations linked by satellite simulcasts, some NBC II…

And the winner is ….

Anne Cole Aker, the winner in a recent contest sponsored by the Religious Herald, receives her iPad from Brian Clingenpeel of Roanoke, Va., president of the Herald’s board of trustees. RICHMOND, Va. — The Religious Herald has announced the winner…

Opinion: Always reforming

(ABP) — Ecclesia Semper Reformanda, so the saying goes, “the church is always reforming.” Those words came to mind last week when I heard sociologist-prophet-iconoclast Tony Campolo preach at the New Baptist Covenant II meeting, that multiracial effort at affecting…

News Analysis: Churches not typically first reporters of sexual abuse

DENVER (ABP) – Southern Baptist churches are rarely the first party to report allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy to legal authorities, according to an analysis of news stories aggregated at a website maintained by an advocate for victims….

Baptist church takes stand for gay marriage

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) – Members of a North Carolina Baptist church voted unanimously Nov. 20 to stop performing civil marriages until it becomes legal for same-sex couples to wed. Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., says current state law…

Tebow apologetics

Football and politics have something in common these days besides combat. Each wrestles with the role religion plays in its game.

‘Ten Commandments Judge’ seeking to regain old post

Baptist church takes stand for gay marriage

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Members of a North Carolina Baptist church voted unanimously Nov. 20 to stop performing civil marriages until it becomes legal for same-sex couples to wed. Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., says current state law…

OPINION: Tebow apologetics

Football and politics have something in common these days beside combat. Each wrestles with the role religion plays in its game. Tim Tebow is a curious case on the gridiron. A passionate evangelical Christian and one of the most heralded…

Low attendance disappoints New Baptist Covenant planners

ATLANTA (ABP) – Planners of the Nov. 17-19 New Baptist Covenant gatherings were disappointed with attendance but pleased with the diversity and quality of presentations, one of the organizers said Nov. 21. “We had hoped for a larger attendance,” said…

SBC leader says churches not immune from ‘anti-child culture’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Richard Land, the Southern Baptist Convention’s top spokesman on moral concerns, says the Penn State sexual abuse scandal is symptomatic of a larger “anti-child culture” in the United States, and that churches are not immune. During…

Panel: Churches need to take lead in race relations

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — Churches too often have trailed society at large in terms of embracing racial and ethnic diversity, a multiethnic panel told a regional New Baptist Covenant II gathering in San Antonio. “I believe what we see on…

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Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing

EDITORIAL: How could something so good have been such a bust?

And the winner is ….

Opinion: Always reforming

News Analysis: Churches not typically first reporters of sexual abuse

Baptist church takes stand for gay marriage

Tebow apologetics

‘Ten Commandments Judge’ seeking to regain old post

Baptist church takes stand for gay marriage

OPINION: Tebow apologetics

Low attendance disappoints New Baptist Covenant planners

SBC leader says churches not immune from ‘anti-child culture’

Panel: Churches need to take lead in race relations

Together for Hope marks 25 years by asking, “How do you write the future?”

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Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

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Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing