Robert “Bob” Webb has announced plans to retire from the pastorate of Memorial Baptist Church, Columbia, on Aug. 30. He has served the congregation for nearly 16 years, beginning in November
Women outnumbered men in many Baptist churches in colonial America, but most of their names have been lost to history, church historian Pam Durso lamented.
Pragmatism and tradition have stood alongside biblical and theological principles in shaping Baptist ordination practices, church historian Karen Bullock told the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute colloquy.
ATLANTA — Just six years after it laid off its staff and considered closing for good, Baptist Women in Ministry has hired a new full-time executive director.
ST. JOSEPH — A small Southern Baptist church near St. Joseph is reportedly standing by its pastor accused of soliciting sex over the Internet with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Former President Jimmy Carter said baptisms are declining in the Southern Baptist Convention because doctrinal bickering gives Christianity a bad name.