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As BTSR’s marks 20th year, its first homecoming is scheduled

RICHMOND — The two-decade old Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will host its first homecoming celebration Oct. 16-17, welcoming alumni back to campus for two days of festivities. Homecoming will offer the school, which this year is in the midst…

Non-denominational, Baptist churches dominate listing of largest, fastest-growing congregations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — About one-fourth of the largest and one-third of the fastest-growing churches in America are Baptist, according to an annual listing compiled by LifeWay Research for Outreach Magazine. Nearly half of the nation's largest and fastest-growing churches…

Eddie Hammett will join North Carolina CBF staff

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Eddie Hammett, who was laid off in August from the staff of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in a cost-cutting move, will begin a part-time role with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina…

Baptist college campuses form groups attacking domestic hunger directly

(L to R) Sheena Smith, Flor Avellaneda, Christine Hersh and Marianne Magjuka celebrated the grand opening of Baylor University Campus Kitchen earlier this year. The students were four of the more than 40 BUCK volunteers, who made 1,000 box lunches…

Baylor asks alumni association to give up independence, move in-house

WACO, Texas (ABP) — The tense relationship between Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association may have reached a potential turning point — or boiling point — Sept. 19 when the university presented the alumni association a proposal asking the…

Texas Baptists Committed to seek new leader

SAN ANGELO, Texas (ABP) — Texas Baptists Committed, formed as a political organization two decades ago to resist a “fundamentalist takeover” of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, soon will be seeking a new executive director and relocating its office….

George Barna, Hispanic evangelicals weigh in on health-care reform

VENTURA, Calif. (ABP) — Prominent evangelical pollster George Barna weighed in on the health-care debate with a Sept. 20 editorial saying that Jesus would support universal coverage — although not necessarily through the government. The founder of the Barna Research…

Southern Baptists, other conservative Christians urge Iran action

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Prominent conservative Christian leaders — including the current and former presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention — wrote Congress and other world leaders Sept. 21 calling for urgent action to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. As…

Grief, the past, and creating a future for moderate Baptists

By Cody J. Sanders I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the future of the moderate Baptist movement — including moderate churches, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and similar larger bodies of moderate Baptists. One only has to spend a little…

Seeking allies for Israel, Jews reach out to Latino evangelicals

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Early on a weekday morning, dozens of Latino evangelical leaders stream into a large church on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Greeting one another in Spanish, they sip coffee and share pastries until they are informed…

Love your enemies, civility advocates say as they initiate project

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Mark DeMoss, to borrow a line from the U2 song, still hasn’t found what he’s looking for. The veteran Christian public relations executive couldn’t find it last year when he advised Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. It was…

Faith-based mutual insurers worry about health care reform

WASHINGTON (RNS) — As Congress debates whether to mandate health insurance for all Americans, several Christian ministries whose members share each other’s medical costs are hoping the final version of health care reform doesn’t put them out of business. Officials…

Molly Marshall announces 2027 retirement

She preached anyway

It’s time to listen to the prophets

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is no more