Southern Baptist Convention

Walking The (Catholic) Plank

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.27.2012

Sarah O'Leary

Why doesn't my Catholic Church get its own house in order first? Get the plank/log/boulder/semi truck/elephant out of its own eye before it tries to remove a speck from another's eye?

Richard Land And Southern Baptists' Race Problem

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 04.18.2012

Jonathan Merritt

Below the surface, the largest Protestant denomination in North America still has serious race problems, proving once again that old paradigms die hard.

Baptist Leader: Obama, Black Pastors Fanning 'Racialist Fires' By Addressing Trayvon Case

AP | TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 04.15.2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm condemns the response of many black leaders to the Trayvon Martin ...

Church Growth In The Southern Baptist Convention

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 04.10.2012

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr.

I am hopeful that based on the efforts of church planting in the major cities of New York even in alternative life-style communities is a sign that the Southern Baptist Convention is reassessing its policies of exclusion.

Religious Leader: 'The Choice Is Clear'

Taylors-Wade Hampton Patch | Andrew Moore and Reily Moore | Posted 12.19.2011

The new president of the S.C. Baptist Convention, a part of the Southern Baptist Convention (the largest religious group in the state with nearly 1,90...

Should Christian Organizations Flee Bad Names?

Ben Stevens | Posted 01.23.2012

Ben Stevens

Groups like the Southern Baptist Convention and Campus Crusade are ready to move past the poor names that have defined them in the past. But how we should receive these name changes?

Jaweed Kaleem

Mormons Are Not Christians, Pastors Say In New Survey, But Clergy Defend Romney Against Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 12.08.2011

The debate over whether a largely Protestant nation is uneasy with a potential Mormon president was reignited this week after back-to-back attacks on ...

What's In A Name? A Lot If You're The Southern Baptist Convention

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 11.30.2011

Jonathan Merritt

But the greatest reason for a change in name for the Southern Baptist Convention could be the need to break with its past and embrace an increasingly multi-ethnic reality in America.

This, Too, Shall Pass: Southern Baptists, Women And The NIV Bible

Christian Piatt | Posted 11.21.2011

Christian Piatt

For many who accept gender parity as the norm in contemporary culture, debates such as this appear quaint or even irrelevant. But the tension lingers over the role of women in church.

Jaweed Kaleem

UPDATE: Liberal Christians Join Voices Protesting 9/11 Memorial 'Clergy Ban'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.07.2011

UPDATE 9/7/11:Prominent liberal Christians are joining the chorus of protest over the lack of clergy participating in the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony o...

Female Jet Pilot? Sure. Preacher? No.

Rev. Susan Sparks | Posted 10.12.2011

Rev. Susan Sparks

I remember telling a vacation bible school teacher that "I was trying to decide between being a minister or a jet pilot." She smiled and said, "Well, girls can be jet pilots, but God only calls men to preach."

Southern Baptist Leader Wants 'Clean' DREAM Act

AP | TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 08.30.2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Southern Baptist Convention leader says the group's policy arm supports a version of the DREAM Act – the proposed law...

Southern Baptists (Don't) Support Gay Marriage

Posted 08.28.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Officials of the Southern Baptist Convention say they were the victims of a hoax in which a group c...

All Southern Baptist Eyes On Black New Orleans Pastor

Posted 08.20.2011

By Bruce Nolan Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Even before the Southern Baptist Convention elected the Rev. Fred Luter to national office, th...

After Controversy, Baptists Affirm Belief In 'Eternal' Hell

Posted 08.15.2011

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

Southern Baptists Make History

AP | By TERRY TANG and TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 08.15.2011

PHOENIX -- Members of the Southern Baptist Convention elected an African-American pastor to its No. 2 position for the first time on Tuesday, signifyi...

Southern Baptists Look To Minorities To Jump-Start Growth

Posted 08.15.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Southern Baptists meeting in Phoenix adopted a plan Tuesday (June 14) to try to boost minorities in th...

Time for the Southern Baptist Convention to Apologize to Gay People

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.14.2011

Wayne Besen

The SBC likes to portray its position on homosexuality as an unchangeable moral absolute. The facts, however, show that the SBC has changed its positions on minorities before.

Southern Baptists Poised For Historic Election

AP | By TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 08.13.2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The man expected to be in the running to become the first African-American in the No. 2 position of the nation's largest Protestan...

Jaweed Kaleem

Southern Baptists Have Fewest Baptisms Since The 1950s And Are Losing Members: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 02.21.2012

Baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, have dipped to their lowest point in 60 years, according to...

Will Graham on Preaching, Public Statements and His Famous Family

Belmar, NJ Patch | Posted 07.20.2011

William (Will) Franklin Graham IV is the grandson of Billy Graham and the son of Franklin Graham. Graham is an associate evangelist at Billy Graham Ev...

Femmevangelical: A Modern Girl's Guide To Sharing The Good News

Jennifer Danielle Crumpton | Posted 05.25.2011

Jennifer Danielle Crumpton

Women have little to hold to in scripture by way of positive accounts of the female experience. I believe this is less an effect of God's inspiration and more a lack of human imagination.

Huckabee Swings And Misses Regarding Islam

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Hirschfield

Like all strike outs, there will always be a later opportunity to step up to the plate, but for now, Mr. Huckabee should be sitting in the dugout reflecting on just how wrong he got it.

Evangelical Churches Still Growing, Mainline Protestantism In Decline

Posted 05.25.2011

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships ...

Southern Baptist Leader Resigns Interfaith Coalition Supporting Mosques

Posted 05.26.2011

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) A top leader of the Southern Baptist Convention has resigned from a new interfaith coalition, saying s...