History

Monday, May 6, 2013 Organizations

Woman named to lead British Baptists

Lynn Green, currently a regional minister in the Baptist Union of Great Britain, was elected the union’s general secretary by the Baptist Assembly on Saturday.

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Friday, May 3, 2013 Commentaries

A tribute to H. Leon McBeth

Longtime church historian Leon McBeth is remembered as "one of the true freedom-loving Baptists of recent times."

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 Congregations

Historic church and black pastor part ways

High hopes for a historically white Baptist church’s calling its first African-American pastor unraveled after three years.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013 Organizations

British faith groups reclaim St. George

Organizations including the Baptist Union of Great Britain say England’s patron saint has been hijacked by the far right.

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Monday, April 22, 2013 Commentaries

Making peace between faith and science

Since Christian theology contributed so much to the birth of modern science, conflict between them cannot be inevitable.

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Monday, April 15, 2013 Commentaries

Is today the day war begins in East Asia?

North Korea’s leadership cult is the largest world religion that most people have never heard of.

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Thursday, April 11, 2013 Can I Get a Witness?

At home in the 17th century

Religiously speaking, this is a great time to be a Baptist in North Carolina -- a 17th century Baptist that is.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 Commentaries

Overcoming darkness

Holy Week helps us to remember, recommit and guard against the darkness of today's apathy.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Media and Arts

Flying Queens ruled women’s hoops

The Wayland Baptist Flying Queens are the subject of a feature article detailing the history of the illustrious program in the April issue of Texas Monthly.

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Friday, March 15, 2013 Commentaries

Getting marriage wrong

Historically, Christianity got the concept of marriage wrong. We should not be surprised that an unhealthy and oppressive view developed.

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