Pastor, civil rights activist Norman Shands dead at 96
Otis Norman Shands Jr., 96, a key figure in the peaceful desegregation of Atlanta Public Schools in 1961 and a resident of The Baptist Home in Chillicothe, Mo., died at home on Dec. 17.
Black pastor: Gay marriage wedge issue
An NAACP leader terms efforts to divide the African-American vote “a racist ploy” by white evangelical political activists seeking to limit President Obama to a single term.
Baptist pastor returns to site of Olympic glory
Jack Robinson is in England at the moment because of the dual callings he sensed as a child and because of the Olympic gold medal he won in London in 1948.
Dexter pastor uses art to honor God, serve people
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Pastor moms juggle ministry, motherhood
As more doors open to Baptist women in ministry, increasing numbers of pastor moms—and their churches—are looking for ways to balance the competing demands of the ministry and motherhood.
Pastor calls church to prayer over Obama
A Southern Baptist mega church pastor shelved his prepared Mother's Day sermon and instead led 6,000 worshippers in prayer over President Obama’s May 9 statement that he supports gay marriage.
Pastor renamed to religious freedom panel
President Obama announced plans May 11 to reappoint African-American Baptist leader William J. Shaw to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Black Baptist pastor says SBC should repudiate and/or replace Richard Land
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) – An influential black pastor says the Southern Baptist Convention should repudiate remarks about race by the head of its ethics commission, and if Richard Land does not repent he should be fired.
Pastor says New Calvinism giving short shrift to missions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – For all its successes, Neo-Calvinism needs to do a better job of spurring zeal for global missions and personal holiness, a speaker said April 11 at the Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, Ky.
Pastor tapped as vice president of British Baptists
LONDON (ABP) – A pastor and former college principal was elected [http://www.baptisttimes.co.uk/home.htm] April 3 as vice president of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.