When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

Analysis Lovett H. Weems Jr.

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Kentucky taxpayers will help float Noah’s Ark

In November, Baptists in Virginia will be dancing in the streets — literally

RICHMOND, Va. – Forget everything you thought you knew about Baptists and dancing. This fall, Baptists in Virginia will be dancing in the streets – literally. Participants at the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, scheduled for…

CBF, Mercer collaborate to offer conference on sexuality in 2012

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Mercer University are co-sponsors of a “[Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant” scheduled April 19-21, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga. Organized by CBF’s Missional Congregations Initiative and Mercer’s Center…

Bernice King, MLK’s Daughter, Resigns From Eddie Long’s Church

History Channel to tell Bible stories in epic way

LETTER: Scripture, Baptist history support church-state separation

As a Virginia Baptist for almost 40 years, I noted with interest the May 26 letter to the editor from Carl Douglas, in which he takes the Baptist joint Committee for Religious Liberty to task for stating that in the…

CBF Coordinating Council adopts budget

ATLANTA (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council voted by e-mail May 26 to recommend a 2011-2012 budget of $12.3 million at the group’s June 22-25 General Assembly in Tampa, Fla. The amount is $2.2 million less than this…

Joplin church digging out, while mourning three killed in tornado

JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — Thursday was something of a breakthrough day for the people of tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo. The sun came out around midday and travel restrictions within the area of massive destruction were all but dropped. Pastor Charlie Burnett…

John Jay report holds lessons for Baptists

By Christa Brown Last week, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice released the results of a five-year study on the “causes and context” of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests. Though the study was commissioned by United States…

Crystal Cathedral to be sold as a way to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy

OPINION: Learning the language of the soul

I’ve never been great at languages. I wish I were. A natural linguistic facility would have made my years of learning biblical languages (or living in foreign countries, for that matter) slightly less trying. Language study, I understand, comes with…

Joplin church digging out, while mourning three killed in tornado

JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — Thursday was something of a breakthrough day for the people of tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo. The sun came out around midday and travel restrictions within the area of massive destruction were all but dropped. Residents were given…