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How Baptists helped end slavery in the United States

Christians often have been reminded that some of their forebears supported slavery, but many do not know Christians ended slavery in the United States. Southern Baptists, in particular, frequently are reminded their convention began amid the defense of slavery. Yet...

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SBC re-elects Johnny Hunt as president

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention re-elected Georgia pastor Johnny Hunt as president during the June 23-24 convention meeting in Louisville, Ky. In his nomination speech, Ken Whitten, pastor of Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz, Fla., described Hunt,…

SBC re-elects Johnny Hunt as president

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention re-elected Georgia pastor Johnny Hunt as president during the June 23-24 convention meeting in Louisville, Ky. Johnny Hunt talks to reporters following his re-election as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In…

Huckabee criticizes Obama on Iran

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Mike Huckabee — the once and (possibly) future Republican presidential candidate — staked out conservative political ground in a June 22 speech to Southern Baptist pastors. While only obliquely referring to the man he might run…

Religious charities gain in a down year

Religious organizations reported a 5.5 increase in donations last year, a marked contrast from the nationwide 2-percent decline in charitable giving, according to a study by Giving USA Foundation. Religious congregations, which accounted for 35 percent of the total $307…

Megachurches attract many under 45

Megachurches are most attractive to younger adults, and almost all who arrive at their sanctuaries have darkened a church’s door before, a new survey shows. The study by Leadership Network and Hartford Institute for Religion Research, released June 9 found…

Missouri Baptist layman takes on emergent movement

WINFIELD, Mo. (ABP) — Thirty years  after the Southern Baptist Convention began ridding itself of theological  moderates and liberals, a prominent Missouri Baptist layman is warning  that the nation’s largest non-Catholic faith group now faces a different  kind of liberalism…