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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...

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Building reflects concern for community, earth

(Editor's note: This story is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) GREENVILLE, S.C. (ABP) — Any congregation’s facilities…

More doors closed to Baptists

(Editor’s note: This commentary is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) By Norman Jameson Being a denominational journalist…

Turkey and the end of history

By Jim Denison Are we seeing the beginning of World War III? Turkey recently approved 26 amendments to its national constitution. Voters passed measures to guarantee gender equality and protect children, the disabled and the elderly. Nearly 36 million people,…

Ice cream and the ministry of hospitality

(Editor’s note: While ABP Executive Director David Wilkinson’s “After the -30-” column normally is published every other Friday, technical difficulties prevented it from being posted on its normal schedule last Friday.)   By David Wilkinson At our house, hospitality is…

From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap

STAFF CHANGES • Mike Reynolds, to New Hope Church, Skipwith, as pastor, effective Oct. 1. • Francisco Muniz, to Clover Bottom Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Jeff Scott, to Northside Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor. • Rusty Mullins, to First…

EDITORIAL: The Bible speaks to a crazy world

Televised news reports of the 9/11 memorial services from Ground Zero in New York last Saturday replayed those ghastly images burned forever on our national psyche. The memorial service revealed that our corporate wound hasn’t yet healed. But we knew…

A special note to ABPNews.com users

Dear users: We are contacting you to follow up on an alert e-mailed to ABPnews.com e-mail subscribers and shared on Facebook and Twitter yesterday regarding access to our website. We are pleased to report that as of Saturday, September 18, the…