By Bob Allen The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $250,000 grant for church resources including a follow-up to the popular It’s Time study course that challenged churches and individuals to move from a program-driven model toward a “missional” focus…
Alliance of Baptists offer sexuality study
By Bob Allen Churches aligned with the Alliance of Baptists are setting aside Sept. 16 for study and worship focused around issues of human sexuality. The progressive Baptist group formed in 1987 produced resources for worship and Christian formation for…
Moderate Baptists face generation gap
By Jeff Brumley Top leadership roles aren’t all that easy to come by for 20-somethings in the moderate and progressive Baptist world, making Andi Sullivan all that much more grateful as executive director of executive director of His Nets. She…
Baptist groups gear up for Isaac relief
By Jeff Brumley What is now a trickle of moderate and progressive Baptist relief workers into hurricane-impacted areas of Louisiana will increase to a steady stream once long-term recovery needs are identified, Baptist disaster-response coordinators said Sept. 5. On Sunday,…
IBTS trustees propose move to Amsterdam
By Bob Allen Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary have proposed relocating the 63-year-old seminary from Eastern Europe to the Netherlands. If approved by the European Baptist Federation governing council Sept. 26-29 in Germany, the move would mark a…
Baptists meet Isaac with humor, readiness
By Jeff Brumley Baptists meeting in Antigua greeted Tropical Storm Isaac’s passage through the Caribbean with humor and determination while Cooperative Baptist Fellowship officials in Florida and other Gulf states prepared for the worst. Isaac caused disruptions including flight cancellations at…
NAE investigating possible Glorieta buyer
By Bob Allen The National Association of Evangelicals is studying the theology of a potential buyer of Glorieta Conference Center to guide staff leaders and trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources in deciding whether to sell the 2,100-acre encampment near Santa…
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…