Building Sales: State Conventions Cite Various Factors
NASHVILLE (BP) -- At its annual meeting this fall, the Colorado Baptist General Convention (CBGC) announced plans to sell its Denver-area office building and
Q&A Interview: Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Executive Director Amanda Tyler
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is an 80-year-old organization, representing 15 Baptist bodies. While in mid-Missouri to talk about religious liberty issues, BJC's Executive
Nonprofit Leader and Former Executive Nominated as CBF Moderator-Elect
DECATUR, Ga.—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship nominating committee recommended Gary Dollar, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader and former executive, as the organization’s next moderator-elect.
Dollar lives in Glen Carbon,
A Prophet Has Left Us
Robert Parham, founding executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics and executive editor of EthicsDaily.com, passed away Sunday night. With his leadership, BCE produced award-winning news coverage and documentary films, provided a strong public voice on moral issues and set an innovative example for
Halfway Baptists
A church in Springfield, Mo., decided to change their name a few months ago. Originally known as First Evangelical Free Church of Springfield, the large congregation now goes by The Springs
Pastors participate in politics at pulpit and in public
Few pastors throw their hat into a political race. But many engage in politics in other ways, both in the public square and in church sanctuaries.
Baptists advocate for religious liberty in D.C. and around the globe
Brent Walker can look out his office at the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Supreme Court building, where he often finds himself heading. He serves as the executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC), making him a key voice for Baptists
Missouri once offered unique model for Baptist cooperation
When the nation divided during the Civil War, Missouri found itself tugged in both directions as a ‘border state.’ In the war's aftermath, Baptists in
BWA remains a Baptist treasure
The BWA World Congress shares dozens and dozens of languages and dialects and pray together, study the Bible together and sing the familiar songs of the faith simultaneously
Ukrainian pastor shares story, seeks support from U.S. Baptists
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Pastor Elisey Pronin watched as Russian troops drove tanks and carted military equipment across Ukraine’s eastern border into the Lugansk region and into his