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Southern Baptist missions suffering under NAMB’s leadership, report says

ATLANTA (ABP) — The number of career missionaries funded by the North American Mission Board has dropped 10 percent since 1997, according to a newspaper report, despite promises the restructured Southern Baptist agency would expand the mission work in America….

UPDATED: Media consultant hired by Reccord benefits from NAMB downsizing

ATLANTA (ABP) — Steve Sanford, a paid consultant who advised the North American Mission Board to outsource most of its media operations, has been hired to provide many of those outsourced services by his longtime friend, NAMB president Bob Reccord….

Moderate Texas divinity school receives ATS accreditation

ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Logsdon Seminary, one the many Baptist divinity schools founded after fundamentalists took over the Southern Baptist Convention's seminaries, has gained recognition from the primary accrediting agency for theological schools in the United States and Canada. The…

A year of significant ministry for Virginia Baptists

An open letter from John Upton Dear Virginia Baptist family: I would like to congratulate the Baptist General Association of Virginia family for a year of significant ministry. The year 2005 was a year of global and national disasters. The…

GuideStone releases Ministers Tax Guide

Ministers can find additional help in preparing their 2005 federal income tax returns from GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. The annual Ministers Tax Guide for 2005 returns details recent changes to tax laws and their effect on…

Registration opens for SBC childcare

Registration is now open for families planning to enroll their children in the preschool childcare or the children's conference from June 11-14 in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C. For all information regarding registration, visit…

Online registration opens for SBC

Online registration for the 2006 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., opened Feb. 1. Churches will be able to register their messengers online at the SBC website, www.sbc.net, to avoid waiting at the counter upon arrival at the…

‘Manifesto’ supporters say role of community misinterpreted

By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press The Baptist Manifesto, a theological statement that emphasizes the role of community in understanding Scripture to counterbalance individual freedom, has been misinterpreted by critics as opposing freedom of conscience, say seven Baptist theologians. “We…

N.C. Baptist newspaper to pick some directors to ‘protect freedom’

By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press The Biblical Recorder, newspaper of North Carolina Baptists, will choose some of its own directors in a move to preserve its journalistic freedom, say the newspapers leaders. Beginning this fall, the 172-year-old newspaper will…

Here’s the real reason Hegseth should not be confirmed

McCartney inspired Christian men’s movement

Study explores American views on both parties’ ‘brands’

Has growth of unpartnered adults in US hit a wall?