SBC motions target Alliance of Baptists, racial discrimination
ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will study a motion to exclude churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists.
Baptists view growing Hispanic population as opportunity
The Census Bureau reports the Hispanic population in the United States has more than doubled in the last 20 years. While that alarms many white Americans who fear losing the privileges that come with being part of a dominant culture, many evangelical Christians view it
Southern Baptists rally around ‘Great Commission’
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Southern Baptists continue to lose members
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention declined for the third consecutive year in 2009, according to statistics reported May 14 by LifeWay Christian Resources.
Website launched to link ‘missional’ Baptists
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) -- A website launched May 10 aims to become an online platform for churches, mission organizations, strategists and international partners to collaborate to share the gospel in the 21st century.
British Baptists take aim at nuclear weapons, hear of budget deficit in meeting
PLYMOUTH, England (ABP) -- From the port city that launched the Pilgrims on their journey to what would become the United States, British Baptists took aim May 3 at those in America, their own United Kingdom or elsewhere who would cling to
Deep water dilemma: Can Baptists agree on baptism? (Shurden quotes)
Baptists -- always a diverse lot -- increasingly take a variety of stances when it comes to baptism and church membership.
Pastor says it is time for Southern Baptists to elect a black president
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- A prominent African-American pastor says it is time for the Southern Baptist Convention to elect its first black president.
Uzbekistan fines Baptists for meeting without a license
OSLO, Norway (ABP) -- Thirteen members of an unregistered Baptist church in Uzbekistan have been fined 100 times the nation's minimum monthly salary, an international news service that tracks stories about abuses of religious freedom reported March 15.
Television program profiles friendships between Muslims, Baptists
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- One thing Muslims and Baptists have in common is they are often identified by their extremists, according to a documentary airing on ABC television stations in January and February.