It’s Pete Hegseth’s theology that ought to concern us

You may or may not like Pete Hegseth’s politics, but it’s his theology that ought to concern you more. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Secretary of Defense has ties to one of the most chauvinistic and vitriolic...

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Baylor officials continue investigation
of election-related campus incidents

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University officials said they are continuing investigations into two Nov. 4 election-related campus incidents with racial overtones, but that they found no evidence supporting a third. President David Garland wrote a Nov. 7 letter updating…

CBF provides $10,000 in relief
for escalating crisis in Congo

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has given $10,000 to ease the growing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where increased violence from rebel fighters is killing thousands of civilians and forcing even more to flee to…

Georgia Baptists isolate themselves

By David Gushee On Nov. 12, in a front-page story, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution broke the news that the Georgia Baptist Convention has approved a new policy giving GBC executives the freedom to refuse donations from churches it finds to be…

Washington Baptist University continues its mission to Koreans

Most Virginia Baptists don't know about Washington Baptist University, but they should. Located in Annandale, it does not have a lawn or quadrangle or football stadium. But what it lacks in campus sprawl it more than makes up for in…

Virginia Baptists entrusted to ‘pay it forward’

Who could have imagined that a category 5 tornado that nearly leveled an entire Kansas town would become a stewardship opportunity for Virginia Baptists? The tornado that destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, Kan., on May 4, 2007, with winds of…

EDITORIAL: Expecting treasure at the annual meeting

I have been surprised and even occasionally shocked to hear the reasons some give for not attending the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Some cite family responsibilities that tether them to home as the reason they…

SECOND OPINION: On giving

As we are all well aware, we are in the midst of a global economic crisis. The world is facing a financial maelstrom and so too are churches and religious bodies, including all the partners in the Baptist General Association…

OUT LOUD

“The fact that this [election] could happen in a country with as tragic a racial past as America's says something noble and fine about the American experiment and the glorious ‘opportunity democracy' it has spawned. After much struggle, we as…

Return to Baltimore

Faithful readers of this column know that my alter ego is William E. Hatcher, a noted 19th-century Baptist minister. They have followed my Hatcher portrayals and know his connections with everything Baptist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries….