By Jeff Brumley Stemming the decline in Southern Baptist church membership will be the focus of a Jan. 29 workshop hosted by the Florida Baptist Convention and North American Mission Board in Brandon, Fla. The Florida Baptist Witness reported the…
Westboro: Condemn or ignore them?
By Jeff Brumley Public resentment of Westboro Baptist Church has reached new heights as a petition drive to label it a hate group has surpassed 250,000 signatures. Even some religious leaders have joined in the chorus denouncing the Kansas-based group…
Baptist group grants millions
By Jeff Brumley Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio said it awarded almost $6 million in grants during 2012. The amount — $5,839,804, to be exact – represents a 3 percent increase over last year and brings total grants given…
2012: A year in review
By Bob Allen Here are some of the top newsmakers of 2012 as reported by ABPnews. Obamacare Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler observed in January that Health and Human Services regulations, including pregnancy in “preventive services” that insurers…
UK Baptist school gets new leader
By Bob Allen Spurgeon’s College, the largest of seven colleges affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, has chosen a new principal to succeed Nigel Wright, who is retiring next August after 13 years in the post. He will…
‘Baptist Standard’ goes digital-only
By Bob Allen Starting next year, Texas Baptists will receive their denominational newspaper in e-mail inboxes rather than postal mailboxes, as the Baptist Standard moves to digital-only format starting with the Jan. 14 issue. The move coincides with decisions by…
First ‘create’ cohort earns degrees
By Bob Allen Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kan., held a ceremony Dec. 8 for the first eight graduates of the create Program, a unique master-of-divinity degree program launched in the fall of 2009. The three-year program groups students…
Truett reaches 1,000th grad milestone
By Terry Goodrich When the 1,000th graduate of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary receives a diploma Dec. 14, it will mark a milestone for an institution that began 18 years ago with small classes that met in an education wing…
Truett reaches 1,000th grad
By Terry Goodrich When the 1,000th graduate of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary receives a diploma Dec. 14, it will mark a milestone for an institution that began 18 years ago with small classes that met in an education wing…