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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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NAMB president, 3 associates stepping down

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board and three top associates resigned during a called meeting of the agency's board of trustees Aug. 11. Geoff Hammond Trustees convened the special meeting after…

Center for Congregational health elects Bill Wilson president

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — A Georgia pastor with close ties to the moderate Baptists has been elected president of the Center for Congregational Health, a non-denominational ministry that provides consultants and trained leaders to help churches become “healthier communities of…

Panel applies theology to immigration debate

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Baptists cannot deal with immigration biblically and ethically until they understand a basic stewardship principle: everything — including the privilege of living in a particular country — is a gift from God, said a panelist in…

Pastor says God can use Christians to rebuild

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Just as God used Nehemiah to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem after the Jews returned from exile, God also will use his people today to rebuild and repair brokenness in society, said Major Jemison, pastor of…

Pastor says God can use Christians to rebuild

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Just as God used Nehemiah to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem after the Jews returned from exile, God also will use his people today to rebuild and repair brokenness in society, said Major Jemison, pastor of…

Burleson urges respect for women in ministry

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist pastor from Oklahoma compared the way his fellow conservatives treat women in ministry to treatment of African-Americans by previous generations. "History will one day look back on how we Baptists in the 21st…

Pastor urges respect for women in ministry

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist pastor from Oklahoma compared the way his fellow conservatives treat women in ministry to treatment of African Americans by previous generations. "History will one day look back on how we Baptists in the…

Christ at the center of life

By David Gushee I have spent much of the summer reading the massive Fortress Press critical edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics. Insights drawn from that reading will show up in this column now and again in days to come. Here’s…

NAMB’s president resigns during called trustee meeting

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Geoff Hammond, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board, has resigned, along with three of his top assistants. The resignations came during an all-day special meeting of the NAMB’s board of trustees Aug. 11, called…