By Jeff Brumley Russell Moore has been making the rounds of national media outlets, telling his secular interviewers of the collapse of the Bible Belt and how it is bad for America but good for the church. Moore, president of…
Egyptian Baptists evoke spirit of founders
By Jeff Brumley In a letter describing the Islamist persecution of Christians in Egypt, a Baptist minister in Cairo provides a disturbing warning against the entanglement of religion and politics. And portions of the letter, two U.S. church scholars say, are…
CBF churches brace for Obamacare
By Bob Allen It’s time to stop debating whether Obamacare is good or bad and start making good stewardship choices for church staffs and congregations, the head of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Church Benefits Board said in a CBF blog…
Editor says bylaw vote threatens CLC
By Bob Allen A Baptist state newspaper editor says Texas Baptist leadership should consider a do-over of a change to governing documents that could jeopardize six decades of respected social witness by the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission. The Baptist…
Reflections on a fast-moving year in CBF
By Vicki Brown Helping guide the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship through leadership changes and into a new structure was sometimes an exhausting, sometimes exciting process, said Keith Herron, the organization’s immediate past moderator. And it went by fast, he added. “We…
‘Loving OK’ succeeds despite low turnout
By Jeff Brumley Last week’s “Loving Oklahoma” tornado recovery campaign saw inspiring cooperation between Texas Baptists and Cooperative Baptists, but fell way short of its goal of drawing the 1,000 volunteers organizers wanted. Even so, planners said concerted effort to…
Evangelicals seek OK on pulpit politicking
By Jeff Brumley A church-state watchdog group has urged Congress to ignore a proposal from evangelical and other groups seeking an end to the prohibition against politics in the pulpit. The proposal by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability claims…
Faith-based re-entry saves tax dollars
By Jeff Brumley A Baylor University study shows that faith-based prisoner re-entry programs – at least in one case – help ex-cons, society and taxpayers. The study analyzed the InnerChange Freedom Initiative, a Minnesota program that uses volunteers and private…
Baptists put backs into ‘Loving Oklahoma’
By Jeff Brumley This week’s “Loving Oklahoma” campaign comes at just the right moment for disaster-response coordinators who are launching a new phase in the recovery from May’s deadly tornadoes. “We are in the process of switching from cleanup to…
Ministry leaders blast whistleblower
By Bob Allen Sovereign Grace Ministries in Louisville, Ky., has released a statement adopted in May by the organization’s leaders commending founder C.J. Mahaney and denouncing a former associate turned vocal critic of the well-known evangelical leader. A website posting…
Georgetown College names new president
By Bob Allen Trustees of the first Baptist college established west of the Allegheny Mountains announced Monday the election of M. Dwaine Greene as 24th president of Georgetown College. Greene, 56, has been academic vice president and provost since 2001…
ERLC defends sectarian public prayers
By Bob Allen The Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Aug. 2 defending prayers offered in Jesus’ name at government meetings. The first legal brief filed since Russell Moore…