In his book Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel, Southern Baptist Convention public-policy leader Russell Moore warned about […]
The Southern Baptist Convention Takes on Trump
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Covenant of Action Inspires African-American, Anglo Dallas Churches to Social Justice
Two very different Dallas churches inspired by callings for social justice are surmounting racial and geographical differences to minister to […]
Baptists Look to the Missouri Past to Heal Present-Day Divisions
Some Baptists are looking to Missouri history as a possible source of healing of the divisions between them.
Baptists Respond to Decline In Baptisms
Decreases in the number of baptisms and new churches reported by International Mission Board missionaries during the past decade reflect […]
J. D. Greear to Be Southern Baptist Convention President Nominee
North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Florida pastor Jimmy Scroggins announced […]
Southern Baptists Talk About Sex at First “Church and Sexuality” Conference
In their first conference on The Church and Sexuality in Montgomery, Alabama Baptist and Southern Baptist leaders offered advice today […]
Southern Baptist Foreign Missionaries Drop by Nearly 1,000
One out of five Southern Baptist missionaries overseas — or nearly 1,000 total — have volunteered to leave their posts to […]
Scholars to Debate Divinity of Jesus at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Was Jesus Christ divine, God incarnate, as most Christians believe? Or was he merely an extraordinarily charismatic human whose passionate […]
Presidents of Black, White Baptist Groups Discuss Race, History and Reconciliation
With the protests in Ferguson, Mo., the Black Lives Matter movement and the massacre of black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., […]
Kentucky Baptist Convention Elects First Black President
Messengers to the 178th annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention elected an African American as convention president, called for […]
Black and White Baptist Convention Pastors: It’s Time to Talk About Racial Injustice
Ronald Reagan once said that “all great change in America begins at the dinner table,” and we agree. But, as […]
Baptists Hold Conference on Transgender Movement
The transgender movement presents an unprecedented theological and cultural crisis for the church, said Southern Baptist scholars at an Oct. […]
It’s the Economy, Christian
A new coalition supports creating black-owned businesses so that dollars recirculate in African-American communities, and urges whites to support those […]
Baptists In Mississippi Honor the Witness of Mother Emanuel AME Church With “Stronger Together – A Night of Unity” Worship Service
Baptists in Mississippi stepped to the fore in worship and dialogue across racial lines this summer.
Arabic Baptists Have One Mission: Evangelizing Middle Tennessee’s Muslims In a Language They Understand
The cadence of Sanaa Shehata’s prayer quickens as it goes on, her Arabic words foreign to some in Arabic Baptist […]
Russell Moore’s Top Priority: Conserving the Gospel
Conserving the Gospel is Russell Moore’s primary goal in the year ahead, the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethicist and religious freedom […]
Georgia Church Bans 103-Year-Old Woman for Disagreeing With Pastor’s Preaching Style
For nearly a century, 103-year-old Genora Hamm Biggs has attended the Union Grove Baptist Church in Georgia — even working […]
SBC’s Russell Moore to Conservative Evangelicals: Be Nicer
In the 1970s, conservative evangelicals declared themselves defenders of the American way and protectors of the moral majority. Thus began […]
