Elijah Brown, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the Churchnet spring gathering in St. Louis. He discusses the work of Baptists in South Korea, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Bangladesh, and elsewhere. He also urges Baptists to head to Together 2020 in Rio. (This episode is sponsored in part by…
This special episode features testimony by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor before the Missouri Senate's Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. The hearing featured debate over a proposed bill to ban anonymity in lawsuits involving the Establishment Clause. This episode also features updates on bills encouraging "Bible literacy" courses in public schools (that was previously explored…
Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the BJC's Shurden Lectures on the campus of William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. She talks about several critical church-state issues that have sparked headlines in 2019, including "Bible literacy" legislation, religious liberty and the death…
In this episode, Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor interviews Aidsand Wright-Riggins, former executive director of American Baptist Home Mission Societies, co-director of the New Baptist Covenant, and mayor of Collegeville, Penn. Wright-Riggins talks about religious liberty, racism, and ministry. This interview was recorded as he visited the Kansas City area to give the Baptist Joint Committee for…
This special episode features testimony by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor before the Missouri House of Representatives Elementary and Secondary Education Committee. The hearing featured debate over a proposed bill to mandate public schools post "In God We Trust" in a prominent location. This episode also features updates on another bill encouraging a "Bible literacy" course in…
In this episode, Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor reports on a church-state debate about prayer in city council meetings. To do so, he talks with Harold Phillips, a Baptist leader who serves as a city council member in Liberty, Mo.; and Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. (This episode is…
This bonus episode features a sermon by Paul Msiza, president of the Baptist World Alliance. He preached this sermon at First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. Hear Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor's recent interview with Msiza in episode 65.
Paul Msiza, president of the Baptist World Alliance, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during a BWA meeting. He reflects on his time leading the BWA and some of the countries he has visited. He also talks about growing up in Apartheid in South Africa. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)
Bob Terry, former Word&Way Editor & longtime Baptist journalist, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during a meeting of the Baptist World Alliance. He reflects on his time at Word&Way and what he learned over 50 years as a Baptist journalist. He also talks about what he thinks should unite Baptists. (This episode is sponsored in…
Rachel Conway-Doel, facilitator of the Baptist Forum for Aid and Development, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during a meeting of the Baptist World Alliance. She discusses how global Baptists are working together in the aftermath of natural disasters. She also explains the different phases of aid and development work. You can support the Baptist efforts…
Elijah Brown, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the Churchnet spring gathering in St. Louis. He discusses the work of Baptists in South Korea, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Bangladesh, and elsewhere. He also urges Baptists to head to Together 2020 in Rio. (This episode is sponsored in part by…