Baptist Church

North Carolina Baptist Church Votes To Back Same-Sex Marriage

Posted 11.21.2011

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The congregation of a North Carolina-based Baptist church is taking an assertive stand in favor of marriage equality, prohibiting their pastor from le...

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WATCH: Ex-Students Describe Brutal Abuse At Baptist School

CNN | Danielle Cadet | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Fairhaven Baptist Church, Roger Voegtlin, Video, Child Abuse, Fairhaven Baptist Academy, Indiana, Baptist Church, Fairhaven Baptist College, Impact News

Former students of Fairhaven Baptist Academy in Indiana are speaking out about their experiences of abuse, including incidents of humiliation, hitting...

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Questions Of Identity Dominate CBF's 20th Anniversary Assembly

Alan P. Sherouse | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Identity, Baptists, Christianity, Christian Denominations, Baptist Church, Religion News
Alan P. Sherouse

CBF was birthed by a bold and prophetic spirit. The movement organized around Baptist principles of freedom, belief in the right of every individual to relate to God apart from institution or creed.

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After Controversy, Baptists Affirm Belief In 'Eternal' Hell

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Southern Baptists, Southern Baptist Convention, Beliefs in Hell, Christianity, Baptist Church, Rob Bell, Baptist Belief in Hell, Hell, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) Southern Baptists on Wednesday (June 14) called hell an "eternal, conscious punishment" for...

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School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wake County Schools, School Integration, Baptist Church, Wake County, Naacp, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Wake County School Board, Rally, Nonviolent Action, Christianity, Integration, Tea Party, Raleigh, Rev. William Barber, Hkonj, Civil Rights, Religion News
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

The radical faith that inspired the prophetic leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. is now igniting a contemporary civil rights movement in North Carolina, led by the Rev. William J. Barber.

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Horror in the Bronx: How They Could Have Done It

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Misogyny, Tea Party, Anti-Gay Violence, Teapublicans, Bronx, Criminal Justice System, Baptist Church, Rascism, Homophobia, Prisons, Carl Paladino, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

In part, the events in the Bronx are a symptom of this trickle-down fear. It remains to be seen if this ugly virus spreads further or, perhaps, is instead serving to immunize the host.

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CDOT Turns Nazi Adopted Highway Stretch In Brighton Over To Baptists

9 News | Dan Boniface | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adopt a Highway Program, Brighton, Baptist Church, Colorado Department of Transportation, Neo Nazi, Denver News

DENVER - The Colorado Department of Transportation announced on Wednesday that due to an error in processing an Adopt-A-Highway contract, a Nazi group...

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Obama Speech Addresses Homophobia, Anti-Semitism Among Black Americans

New York Observer | Jason Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Xenophobia, Martin Luther King Jr., Homophobia, 2008 Campaign, 2008 Elections, Baptist Church, Politics News

In a speech today at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.served as pastor, Barack Obama talked about the existence of i...

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