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Within a three-week period in June, three prominent Baptist groups in the United States held their national meetings. All three trace their forebears to the Triennial Convention of Baptists — formally the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States

2013 Archives

Baptists from Virginia launch anti-malaria campaign in Ghana with distribution of mosquito nets

January 18, 2013

author: Jennifer Harris

A team of Baptists from Virginia has officially launched an initiative to battle malaria in Ghana, where the debilitating disease is the number one cause of death. “More than Nets,” a partnership between the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Ghana Baptist Convention, aims

2012 Archives

British Baptists downsize national staff

November 29, 2012

author: Administrator

The Baptist Union of Great Britain will downsize its national staff from 46 to 32 employees and change the way it works with associations and Baptist colleges to improve how it serves local churches in the 21st century.

2012 Archives

African-American Baptists followed divergent paths toward goal of racial uplift

October 16, 2012

author: Jennifer Harris

The story of Black Baptists in the 20th century reflects the larger story of African-Americans’ quest for equality, historian Adam Bond said.

2012 Archives

Southern Baptists elect Luter first African-American president

June 19, 2012

author: Administrator

One hundred sixty-seven years after forming over the right to appoint slaveholders as missionaries and 17 years after apologizing for the denomination's racist past, the Southern Baptist Convention elected New Orleans pastor Fred Luter its first African-American president.

2012 Archives

Kentucky Baptists losing 27 staff

May 8, 2012

author: brandon

One third of Kentucky Baptist Convention employees are opting to resign or retire early in anticipation of a reorganization of the Baptist Building staff in Louisville.

2012 Archives

Glorieta available for $1 to N.M. Baptists

May 8, 2012

author: brandon

The LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center is being offered for $1 to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, according to both LifeWay and state convention leaders.

2012 Archives

New Mexico Baptists ponder future of Glorieta

April 26, 2012

author: brandon

ALBUQUERQUE (ABP) -- Around 30 people from New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma gathered April 12 at Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s building to offer suggestions for the future of Glorieta Conference Center.

2012 Archives

Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

April 24, 2012

author: brandon

Southern Baptist leaders will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many say set back the denomination's efforts on racial reconciliation.

2012 Archives

Alliance of Baptists takes aim at gun deaths

April 16, 2012

author: brandon

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) – The Alliance of Baptists adopted a statement of support April 14 for the family of Trayvon Martin and others who have experienced similar losses.

Baptists display their distinctives

Baptists from Virginia launch anti-malaria campaign in Ghana with distribution of mosquito nets

British Baptists downsize national staff

African-American Baptists followed divergent paths toward goal of racial uplift

Southern Baptists elect Luter first African-American president

Kentucky Baptists losing 27 staff

Glorieta available for $1 to N.M. Baptists

New Mexico Baptists ponder future of Glorieta

Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

Alliance of Baptists takes aim at gun deaths

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