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Oklahoma Baptists Use Thunder NBA Team as Way to Share Gospel with Fans, Visitors

By UCN on May 15, 2012 7:17 AM

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant shoots past Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki during the first half of Game 4 on May 5. (AP photo)

Oklahoma Southern Baptist groups have created an outreach aimed at sharing the gospel and providing hospitality to fans and visitors as the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team gears up for another round of playoffs.

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Richard Land Meets with African American Leaders, Issues Apology for Trayvon Martin Killing Comments

By UCN on May 10, 2012 1:33 PM

A five-part apology for "injudicious comments" was released today (May 9) by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, regarding the Trayvon Martin killing.

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Southern Baptist Convention to Investigate Richard Land Plagiarism Charges

By UCN on April 20, 2012 7:53 AM

Southern Baptist leaders will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many say set back the denomination's efforts on racial reconciliation.

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Robert Jeffress Still Doesn't Believe Mormons are Christians, Backing Romney

By UCN on April 18, 2012 6:36 AM

The Southern Baptist pastor who last October called Mormonism a cult and said Mitt Romney is not a Christian is now endorsing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

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Richard Land Apologizes, Comments About Trayvon Martin Case Were Not His Own

By UCN on April 17, 2012 5:23 AM

Richard Land has never been afraid to speak his mind.

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Houston Megachurch to Launch First Spanish Service on Easter

By UCN on April 7, 2012 4:47 AM

Yolanda Arcos, right, and her mother, Olga, worship at a Second Baptist Spanish service. (J. Patric Schneider / Houston Chronicle)

This Easter, Second Baptist Church invites Hispanics in Houston to celebrate with "musica y el mensaje," music and the message, in their native language as the church launches its first Spanish service.

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Southern Baptists Embrace Alternative 'Great Commission' Name

By UCN on February 22, 2012 10:22 AM

In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is shown in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Some Southern Baptists worry that their denomination's name still carries the stigma of a 19th century split with northern Baptists over slavery. Others who fought hard to build the brand and its conservative theology and politics don't want to see it go.

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Great Commission Baptists? Southern Baptists Panel Rejects Name Change, Considers Add-On

By UCN on February 21, 2012 6:06 AM

In this Dec. 7, 2011 file photo, the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention is shown in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then.

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Pastor Fred Luter Poised To Be First Black To Lead Southern Baptist Convention

By UCN on February 4, 2012 8:30 PM

Pastor Fred Luter, of New Orleans, acknowledges the crowd at the Southern Baptist Convention prior to to being elected as the first African-American vice president of the organization, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in Phoenix.

After months of urging from other Baptists around the country, the Rev. Fred Luter of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church told his African American congregation Sunday he will run for the presidency of the predominantly white Southern Baptist Convention.

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Richard Land Surprised at Christians Who Still Support President Obama

By UCN on January 30, 2012 5:34 PM

The Southern Baptist Convention's top public-policy expert says that Christians who still support President Obama are not using their heads.

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