While neighbors in nearby West, Texas, reeled from a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, scholars gathered in Waco to discuss the lasting impact of the siege and raid on the Branch Davidian compound 20 years ago.
Read MoreGeorge Washington University, a private institution of higher learning in Washington, D.C., got its start as Columbian College, founded by Baptist leaders including missionary Luther Rice.
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“A Church Stands With Its People” tells the story of American Baptist missionaries who swam against the tide of public opinion by reaching out to persecuted Japanese-Americans caught up in World War II hysteria.
Read MoreA for-profit Christian university named new owner of a Massachusetts campus founded by legendary evangelist D.L. Moody previously acquired a debt-ridden university originally started by Southern Baptists.
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A legend that California Baptist University is built upon a former insane asylum over haunted catacombs is being challenged by a website that believes in ghosts.
Read More“What will become of our commitment to religious liberty now?” historian Bill Leonard asks Baptists about the loss of Protestant privilege in American life.
Read MoreTrapped in a mineshaft in Copiapó, Chile, in 2010 with 32 other miners, Jose Henriquez experienced firsthand God's provision during 69 days of waiting and praying for rescue. Read More
A Southern Baptist evangelist who orchestrated the first gathering of what became known as the Religious Right in 1980 is now seeking to mobilize a new coalition of Catholic, Protestant and evangelical voters to save America’s economy. Read More
The American Civil War affected Baptists in the South in profound ways that still reverberate more than 150 years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, says a new book by a Baptist historian.
Read MoreA Baptist historian compared today’s battle for the sanctity of life, traditional marriage and religious freedom to courageous heroes who resisted the Nazis in Germany.
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We have more than enough success stories to go around. What our world desperately needs is for you to live a significant life.
God too big for one religion By Joe Phelps
Must other religions be wrong in order for Christianity to be right?
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By Alan Bean “Is organized religion too inextricably bound to the status quo...
Opportunistic omnivores. What a great phrase! No, it has nothing to do with...
A couple of years ago, I attended a graduation ceremony at Emory University. ...