By Bob Allen As 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter got to know some of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, but he says none impressed him more than Clarence Jordan, a farmer and white Baptist…
Are Baptists Protestants?
By Tony Peck Are Baptists Protestants? I pondered this question as I attended the recent assembly of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe in the beautiful city of Florence in Italy. The European Baptist Federation is not a full…
Recipient of free campus has Baptist roots
By Bob Allen A for-profit, Christian university once owned by Arizona Southern Baptists edged out the Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board in a contest for a 217-acre campus in Massachusetts offered free to a deserving Christian charity by…
The gospel of poverty
By Bill Leonard “The problem of our age is the administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship…. The contrast between the palace of the millionaire and the…
Mistaken identity
By Bill Leonard A case of “mistaken identity”– that’s what the authorities called the killings at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., only days after the mass murder of 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Mistaken…
Mistaken identity
By Bill Leonard A case of “mistaken identity”– that’s what the authorities called the killings at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., only days after the mass murder of 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Mistaken…
Mistaken identity
By Bill Leonard A case of “mistaken identity”– that’s what the authorities called the killings at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., only days after the mass murder of 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Mistaken…
Whitsitt Society ends operations
By Bob Allen A society formed 20 years ago to chronicle history of the Southern Baptist Convention from the moderate perspective during the last two decades of the 20th century has ended its operations and given a $10,000 gift endowment…
Whitsitt Society ends operations
By Bob Allen A society formed 10 years ago to chronicle history of the Southern Baptist Convention from the moderate perspective during the last two decades the 20th century has ended its operations and given a $10,000 gift endowment to…