Curtis Freeman, a research professor of theology and Baptist studies & director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the educational program at Duke Divinity. He also discusses the recent five-year dialogue between the Baptist World Alliance and the World Methodist Council, which he co-chaired and from which he helped produce a report…
Didi Oprenova, a Baptist pastor in Bulgaria, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about ministry in her country and the transition there from communism. She also discusses laws proposed last year that would have greatly reduced religious freedom in Bulgaria. This interview occurred in the Bahamas during the 2019 annual gathering of the…
Devon Dick, a Baptist pastor in Jamaica, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the biblical case for slavery reparations. He also discusses the heritage of Jamaican Baptists and his local ministry at his church and through a secular newspaper column. This interview occurred in the Bahamas during the 2019 annual gathering of the Baptist World…
Forrest Harris, president of American Baptist College in Nashville, Tenn., talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work and heritage of ABC. He also discusses the school's role in the civil rights movement, and how he came to lead ABC. This interview occurred in the Bahamas during the 2019 annual gathering of the Baptist World…
This episode features an "Angela Project" prayer service held on Aug. 19 at First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. Leaders during the service included Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor; Doyle Sager, Hannah Coe, and Jan Watson of FBC; Cornell Sudduth of Second Baptist Church in Jefferson City; Cassandra Gould of Missouri Faith Voices and Quinn Chapel…
This episode features an "Angela Project" prayer service held in July during the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in the Bahamas. Leaders during the service included Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor, Kasey Jones and Paul Baxley of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Starlette Thomas of the D.C. Baptist Convention, and Forrest Harris of American Baptist College. The service came from a…
Timothy Stewart, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and pastor of the oldest Baptist church in the Bahamas, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work and heritage of the PNBC. He also discusses Baptist history in the Bahamas and current concerns for the people in the nation. This interview occurred…
Charles Foster Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about how churches can minister to local schools. He also discusses how advocacy is part of our ministry and how pastors in other states can start their own Pastors for Children group. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative…
This episode features remarks by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the importance of press freedom. He offered these thoughts during a workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly in Birmingham, Ala. The workshop, called "Press Freedom as Religious Freedom," also included panelists Mitch Randall of EthicsDaily.com and David Wilkinson of Baptist News Global. (This…
Hannah McMahan King, co-executive director of the New Baptist Covenant, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of the NBC in bringing churches together across racial and denominational lines. She also discusses the problem of white churches not dealing with injustices of the past and her research into the impact of Christianity on…
Curtis Freeman, a research professor of theology and Baptist studies & director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the educational program at Duke Divinity. He also discusses the recent five-year dialogue between the Baptist World Alliance and the World Methodist Council, which he co-chaired and from which he helped produce a report…