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The July 22 bombing of a government official's offices and the sniper-like murder of at least 68 people at an island camp for young people would have been disturbing had it happened anywhere in the world. The fact that it happened in Norway is

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McCrossen among 16 ABC women to tour African mission work

July 26, 2011

author: Administrator

At 80-plus years old, Dorothy McCrossen of Overland Park, Kan., believes visiting missionaries and sharing their stories is her calling for as long as she is able. McCrossen has made four Mission Encounter trips with American Baptist women from across the United States -- the

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BWA expresses solidarity with Baptists in Norway

July 26, 2011

author: brandon

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – The head of the Baptist World Alliance has sent a letter of solidarity to Baptists in Norway in response to recent mass killings in that country that claimed at least 76 lives.

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Some troubled by ‘Christian fundamentalist’ label for Norwegian shooter

July 26, 2011

author: brandon

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABP) – Religious conservatives in the United States went on the defensive after media described the suspect in last week’s shooting rampage in Norway as a Christian fundamentalist.

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Former British Baptist pastor sentenced for sexual abuse

July 26, 2011

author: brandon

FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) – A former British Baptist pastor was sentenced July 22 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two boys while visiting a family friend in the United States.

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SBC leader criticizes Senate Democrats

July 25, 2011

author: Administrator

WASHINGTON (ABP) – A Southern Baptist policy expert criticized a July 22 Senate vote rejecting a House bill to cut spending and require a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.

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Author seeks stories of ‘exiled’ young adult Baptists

July 22, 2011

author: brandon

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (ABP) – A Western Kentucky University professor is seeking contributors for an upcoming book detailing moderate responses to the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1980s.

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Judge vacates $4.75 million judgment against church

July 22, 2011

author: Administrator

TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) – A Florida judge said July 19 that a prominent Southern Baptist church does not have to pay $4.75 million in damages awarded last year to a man injured seven years earlier on a church-sponsored youth ski trip.

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Pastor disagrees with SBC leader about homosexuality

July 21, 2011

author: brandon

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (ABP) – A prominent Florida pastor took exception to recent statements by a Southern Baptist seminary president that homosexuality is “not merely a matter of choice.”

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‘Circle of Protection’ makes case to President Obama

July 21, 2011

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) – President Obama met 40 minutes July 20 with Christian leaders seeking to protect programs that aid poor people in any debt-reduction deal that the administration reaches with Congress.

173. Bruce Chilton on the Herods [Reissue]

Bruce Chilton, professor of religion at Bard College, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book The Herods: Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession. He also discusses the political issues at play in New Testament stories like the birth, teachings, and death of Jesus. This episode is being reissued and was originally released…
172. Christi Harlan on Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Lessons in Washington, D.C.

Christi Harlan talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new books Mr. President, The Class Is Yours: Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Lessons in Washington, D.C. and Normal Lives: President Jimmy Carter and His Church. She also discusses Carter's teaching style and humor, as well as the church's history. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to…
171. Samuel Perry on Religion for Realists

Samuel Perry, a professor of sociology at the University of Oklahoma, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion. He also discusses issues of religious identity, partisanship, and Christian Nationalism. He previously appeared on episode 46. Note: Don't forget to subscribe…
170. Tony Campolo on Faith as Babylon Falls

This episode features a conversation originally recorded in May 2020 for the podcast Baptist Without An Adjective. In it, Word&Way President Brian Kaylor interviewed author and sociologist Tony Campolo. The author of 35 books and a longtime professor at Eastern University, Campolo died on Nov. 19 at the age of 89. This conversation is being…

How will loss change Norway?

McCrossen among 16 ABC women to tour African mission work

BWA expresses solidarity with Baptists in Norway

Some troubled by ‘Christian fundamentalist’ label for Norwegian shooter

Former British Baptist pastor sentenced for sexual abuse

SBC leader criticizes Senate Democrats

Author seeks stories of ‘exiled’ young adult Baptists

Judge vacates $4.75 million judgment against church

Pastor disagrees with SBC leader about homosexuality

‘Circle of Protection’ makes case to President Obama

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