This is the ninth in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of...
As an American Baptist leader, I take clergy misconduct very seriously. I want to be heartfelt in my support of the vast majority of our clergy who are people of integrity. But I will be vigilant in dealing with those who are not.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed a plan Thursday to create federal tax credits encouraging donations to groups providing scholarships for students to attend private schools.
A South Carolina woman says he was fired from her role as a teacher at a Baptist child development center for her same-sex relationship.
Fifty-six individuals seeking more than $1 million each in damages claim Academy illegally sold the Ruger AR-556 rifle used to kill 27 men, women and children at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2017.
My sisters and brothers in the Methodist tradition (and elsewhere), if you do have to leave your denominational home, I hope that you keep your eyes and ears open for a God you or your tradition can’t hold on to: a God at the bottom of the slippery slope, in a field Rumi famously described as one beyond right doing and wrong doing.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Kyle Ballantine, to Binkley Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., as minister of music and organist. He comes…
By Blake Tommey His given name is Lucien Gede, but most people in Grand Goâve, Haiti, know him as Dyak Lucien — “Deacon Lucien” in Haitian Creole. Perhaps his formal title as leader of Mount Sinai Baptist Church rubbed off…
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees tapped key administrators from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., for top posts, electing Adam Greenway as the Fort Worth seminary’s ninth president and Randy Stinson as its provost and vice president of academic…
After less than three years on the job, the president of the Baptist-affiliated University of Mobile has resigned immediately, citing personal reasons.
A Tennessee man included on a list compiled by two Texas newspapers naming Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers found guilty of sex crimes has been arrested for violating sex offender registry rules. Police in Jackson, Tennessee, arrested 39-year-old Chad…
“Battle for the Minds” is not only a historical record of a tumultuous time at a leading Baptist seminary, but also serves as a cautionary tale about the ongoing misogyny within the Southern Baptist ecclesial tradition.
-MACBF to honor ministry partner in Annual Meeting
-Gift gives $2 million boost to Baylor’s global presence
