Amid a public controversy surrounding the firing of a Baptist college professor who allegedly first sought to oust other professors, multiple professors recently released statements. Much of the debate, which has spread nationally, centers on various doctrinal claims and the nature of theological education.
Are Baptists and other evangelicals as willing to demonstrate the same commitment to religious liberty for everyone that early theologians did?
LONDON (ABP) – Leaders of three British religious bodies issued a joint statement March 15 calling on the United Nations Security Council to condemn Syria’s violent suppression of a year-long uprising that has left more than 8,000 dead.
The world’s brokenness calls out for Christians who will speak courageously on behalf of justice and fairness, a trio of pastors told participants at the New Baptist Covenant II satellite sessions in Oklahoma City.
Just as appreciation can take many forms, recipients respond in different ways. When getting ready to communicate appreciation, take a minute to discover which expression hits closest to the recipient's heart. That will mean as much as the gift itself.
Messengers will gather at First Baptist Church of Raytown on Oct. 26-28 and they'll have a full agenda. Some of it will be celebratory and -- if conversations around the state are any indication -- parts may certainly be contentious. As such, it might be
By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor It was sort of like old times at the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting. Messengers huddled in groups just outside the meeting hall between sessions, two defined slates of officers had been pre-announced and nearly everyone who spoke lamented the
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way News WriterNational Woman's Missionary Union executive director Wanda Lee will fulfill an obligation to speak at the Baptist General Convention of Missouri annual meeting in April -- despite an attempt to convince her to decline.In a March 17 letter to Missouri