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Running the race on the first saturday of May

Posted on May 7, 2013 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Reflections from Saturday May 4th I’m pondering the significance of this day–the first Saturday of May in 2013. Traditionally in my place of residence, Columbia, S.C., it marks the beginning of the transition from spring to summer. Temperatures typically start…

Tagged with: anniversary, Baptist World Alliance, Belmont Stakes, Bible, Churchill Downs, Columbia, George Bullard, global warming, Hebrews, Jamaica, Kentucky Derby, May, Mother's Day, Preakness, race, Secretariat, thoroughbred, Triple Crown, wedding, witnesses
Posted in Blog Posts, Faithful Living, Spiritual Formation

Pope Francis and the Baptists

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Steve Harmon — 1 Comment ↓

I don’t think a day has passed since March 13 without a student, colleague, fellow church member, family member, or friend asking what my perspective is on the election of Pope Francis, especially since they know that I was a…

Tagged with: Baptist World Alliance, ecumenical dialogue, Jesuits, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Roman Catholic Church, Walter Cardinal Kasper
Posted in Baptist History, Ecumenical Leaders, Theology

What kind of Baptist are you?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Do you know the story that periodically makes the rounds about the guy standing on the edge of a bridge ready to jump off to commit suicide? Along comes another person who engages him in conversation trying to get him…

Tagged with: Alliance, Baptist, Baptist World Alliance, Baptists, Bible, big tent, Canada, Christian Churches Together in the USA, Conservatives, Converge, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, evangelicals, fundamentalists, General Secretary, George Bullard, Holy Spirit, Liberals, mainline Protestants, moderates, National Association of Evangelicals, National Council of Churches, North American Baptist Fellowship, progressives, Sabbath, Seventh Day
Posted in Baptist History, Blog Posts, Organizational Voices

Prayers for the pope are prayers for unity

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Steve Harmon — No Comments ↓

The Pope has prayed for me, and following the announcement of his retirement at the end of the month I’m returning the favor by praying for him and the future of his office. Don’t get the wrong idea: Pope Benedict…

Tagged with: Baptist World Alliance, ecumenical dialogue, Paul Fiddes, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican II
Posted in Ecumenical Leaders, Theology

The confusion of ‘most’ or ‘many’ — even among Baptists

Posted on November 8, 2012 by George Bullard — 1 Comment ↓

Recently I began reading a book I was sent to review. It is by two people I know well; one of them more than the other. The one I know better is often given to over-statement and over-generalization. I found…

Tagged with: Baptist, Baptist World Alliance, Baptists, book, dialogue, futurist, George Bullard, history, Mars Hill College, North American, North American Baptist Fellowship, presidential election
Posted in Leadership

Vatican II, 50 years later: a Baptist appreciation

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Steve Harmon — 9 Comments ↓

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council by Pope John XXIII on October 11, 1962. My service as a member of the Baptist World Alliance delegation to a series of bilateral ecumenical conversations with…

Tagged with: Baptist World Alliance, Council of Trent, Dei Verbum, dissent, ecumenical dialogue, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John XXIII, Roman Catholic Church, Scripture, tradition, Vatican II
Posted in Baptist History, Theology

When is a world organization not a world organization?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

Several mornings at the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering as I arrived for worship, I picked up a headset to hear the English interpretation of worship that was held primarily in Spanish, but also in other languages. That had never…

Tagged with: Baptist World Alliance, Chile, North American Baptist Fellowship, Santiago
Posted in Organizational Voices

BWA annual gathering is about relationships

Posted on July 2, 2012 by George Bullard — 1 Comment ↓

On Saturday I left for Santiago, Chile to attend the Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. I look forward to seeing current friends and making new friends from throughout the world. Periodically I am asked by a Baptist in…

Tagged with: Baptist World Alliance, Baptists, Chile, Daniel Vestal, George Bullard, North American Baptist Fellowship, Organizational Voices, Santiago
Posted in Organizational Voices

Baptists who “do this”

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Steve Harmon — 7 Comments ↓

Cooperative Baptists are Baptists who “do this” when they get together. They “do this” not only in their local churches but also in their assemblies and in the institutions of theological education with which they partner. I’m talking about the…

Tagged with: Baptist Women in Ministry, Baptist World Alliance, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Eucharist, John Howard Yoder, Neville Callam
Posted in Faithful Living, Ministry, Theology