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Gene Puckett, my father, and the best member of our family!

Posted on May 14, 2013 by George Bullard — No Comments ↓

In 1978, Gene Puckett was the major speaker at the retirement dinner for my father, G. W. Bullard, as executive director-treasurer of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey. He and dad had gotten to know one another in 1966 when…

Tagged with: Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey, Baptists, Biblical Recorder, burial, editor, G.W. Bullard, Gene Puckett, George Bullard, Maryland, Maryland Baptist, Penn-Jersey Baptist, Pennsylvania, prophetic, R.G. Puckett, Raleigh, Re-envisioning Baptist Identity, real estate, retirement, South Carolina, Southern Baptist Convention
Posted in Blog Posts, Death, Leadership, Religious News Voices

Why is it called Maundy Thursday?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Alan Rudnick — No Comments ↓

Today is Maundy Thursday — no, not Monday Thursday, which would be an interesting concept: society could work Monday through Thursday, with Fridays off! Some Christians misunderstand that this day is only a “Catholic” celebration. Christians both ancient and modern…

Tagged with: Alan Rudnick, Baptist, Baptists, Christianity, Maundy Thursday for Baptists, prayer, spiritual formation, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, worship
Posted in Spiritual Formation

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

A new theme song for CBF?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Ircel Harrison — No Comments ↓

On a recent Sunday, our church choir sang “Find Us Faithful” as the anthem in the traditional worship service. I have always liked this song that was written by Jon Mohr and popularized by Steve Green. In fact, we used…

Tagged with: Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, dialogue, worship
Posted in Blog Posts, Generational Differences, Music

Why the Pope’s resignation matters to Protestants

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Alan Rudnick — No Comments ↓

Surprise and shock are an understatement when it comes to Pope Benedict XVI‘s resignation. Only a handful of Popes have called it quits. The Pope’s decision continues to spark speculation about who the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church will…

Tagged with: Alan Rudnick, Baptists, Catholic Church, missional, pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Protestant
Posted in Ecumenical Leaders, Religion

Are Baptists still nonconformists?

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Steve Harmon — 4 Comments ↓

Not long after our move to work at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity my wife Kheresa read Monique Truong’s Bitter in the Mouth (Random House, 2010), a novel rooted in Truong’s childhood experiences as an “outsider” Vietnamese-American in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, where…

Tagged with: Act of Uniformity, Baptistification, Baptists, Christianity and culture, Church of England, Curtis Freeman, Episcopal Church, Martin Marty, Monique Truong, Nathan Hatch, Nonconformity
Posted in Baptist History, Blog Posts, Faithful Living, Theology

Are Baptists Protestants?

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Tony Peck — 1 Comment ↓

Are Baptists Protestants? I pondered this question as I attended the recent assembly of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe in the beautiful city of Florence in Italy. The European Baptist Federation is not a full member of CPCE because of…

Tagged with: Anabaptists, Baptists, Community of Protestant Churches, European Baptist Federation, John Calvin, Lutheran World Federation, Protestants, Reformation
Posted in Baptist History, Religion, Theology

Breaking new ground

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Ircel Harrison — No Comments ↓

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has a nominee as third executive coordinator of the organization. Once again, the nominee is from Texas, but . . . this nominee is female and a layperson—Suzii Paynter. Prior coordinators Cecil Sherman and Daniel Vestal…

Tagged with: Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Posted in Generational Differences, Leadership, Young Baptists

Remembering our ‘rememberable’ baptisms

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Steve Harmon — 3 Comments ↓

Many churches celebrate the feast of the Baptism of the Lord on the Sunday following Epiphany (January 6). Since Epiphany falls on Sunday in 2013, this year the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on January 13. This feast is…

Tagged with: baptism, Baptists, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Eisleben, Curtis Freeman, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Martin Luther, Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
Posted in Baptist History, Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Worship

On a peace mission to Israel

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Alan Rudnick — No Comments ↓

In just a few days, I’ll embark on a peace mission on behalf of American Baptists to travel to Israel. This trip will serve as a good-will delegation to Israelis and Palestinians. In light of the recent conflict and violence,…

Tagged with: ABC-USA, American Baptist Churches, Baptists, Holy Land, Israel, Palestine, Palestinians, peace, Roy Medley, Telos
Posted in Ecumenical Leaders