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Panel finds defining ‘Baptist university’ not a simple task

DALLAS (ABP) — The answer to “What is a Baptist university?” is complex and nuanced, according to panelists assembled by the Baptist History & Heritage Society. They spent the better part of a morning discussing the question, examining it from…

Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says

DALLAS (ABP) — A seemingly unlikely alliance between conservative Christian evangelicals and Mormons recasts American history as the founding of a distinctively Christian republic, Stephen Stookey told a gathering of church historians. Self-styled historian David Barton and conservative provocateur Glenn…

The End Times as Emergency Exit

By Chris Hughes In his 2010 sermon for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, Bill Leonard shared his views about the End Times. “If the rapture comes and I’m still on this earth,” he said, “I’m not going.” “I’m going…

Astros owner McLane gives $5 million to Dallas Baptist baseball

Former Aid Worker Sues Samaritan’s Purse After Being Kidnapped In Darfur

Harold Camping Ends Silence, Predicts October 21 Rapture

Oregon Senate votes to end faith healing defense for medical care

Harold Camping ‘flabbergasted’; rapture a no-show

Archbishop sets Hawking straight on Heaven

Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says

DALLAS — A seemingly unlikely alliance between conservative Christian evangelicals and Mormons recasts American history as the founding of a distinctively Christian republic, Stephen Stookey told a gathering of Baptist church historians. Self-styled historian David Barton and conservative provocateur Glenn…

Three die at Joplin, Mo., church hit by tornado that tears across Midwest

JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — At least two Missouri Baptist churches are among the scores of institutions, businesses and homes destroyed when one of 68 reported tornadoes that swept across the Midwest on Sunday struck Joplin. (See related story here.) News…

Historical Society celebrates Baptists’ ‘singing faith’ with hymn festival

RICHMOND, Va. — It’s said that the Reformer Martin Luther once stood in his pulpit on a Sunday morning, held aloft a Bible and told his congregation, “This is the gospel.” Then raising a hymnal in his other hand, he…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system

Panel finds defining ‘Baptist university’ not a simple task

Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says

The End Times as Emergency Exit

Astros owner McLane gives $5 million to Dallas Baptist baseball

Former Aid Worker Sues Samaritan’s Purse After Being Kidnapped In Darfur

Harold Camping Ends Silence, Predicts October 21 Rapture

Oregon Senate votes to end faith healing defense for medical care

Harold Camping ‘flabbergasted’; rapture a no-show

Archbishop sets Hawking straight on Heaven

Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says

Three die at Joplin, Mo., church hit by tornado that tears across Midwest

Historical Society celebrates Baptists’ ‘singing faith’ with hymn festival

Church of England apologises for ‘pain and trauma’ from its role in historical adoption practices

JD Vance: Israeli Cabinet shouldn’t be criticizing ‘only powerful ally’ left in the world

In Richmond, churches retrace the path of the enslaved to confront their own history

Parenting expert Michelle Icard helps Cooperative Baptists rethink discomfort, risk and growth

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‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system