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Southern Baptists condemn gay Scouts policy but won’t force a boycott
Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday (June 12) to stand with churches and families that drop ties with the Boy Scouts of America over its decision to allow openly gay Scouts, and urged the BSA to remove leaders who ...
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Southern Baptists push for more black missionaries
Fred Luter had a lot of firsts in the last year: first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention; first time chairing the denomination’s annual meeting, this week, in Houston; and recently, first-time missionary.Southe...
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Why John Calvin is shaking things up for Southern Baptists
Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging — this time over the teachings of 16th-century Reformer John Calvin — that threatens to upend the nation’s lar...
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Southern Baptist Richard Land passes baton to Russell Moore
In a generational changing of the guard, Southern Baptists are gaining a new advocate for their values in Washington and around the country as Russell Moore, a media-savvy theologian, takes the helm of the Ethics and Religious ...
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Richard Land, controversial Southern Baptist leader, gets a new job
(RNS) Richard Land, the evangelical culture warrior who was set to leave his job with the Southern Baptists after a series of controversies, will step down early to take over as head of a seminary in North Carolina that focuses...
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Southern Baptists approve alternate name, but barely
Members of the Southern Baptist Convention narrowly accepted the alternate unofficial descriptor of “Great Commission Baptists” as the denomination attempts to make inroads beyond its base in the Bible Belt.
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After meeting with black Southern Baptists, Richard Land apologizes again
Southern Baptist leader Richard Land has issued a lengthy public apology for his racially charged comments about the Trayvon Martin case, and said he has sent a personal letter to President Obama seeking forgiveness.
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‘Reverts’ return to their childhood faith
(RNS) Bruce Boling will celebrate Easter Sunday this weekend among Southern Baptists, just as he did when he prayed at a tiny Kentucky church where his family filled half the pews. After decades away from faith, "I slowly bega...
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Southern Baptists mull whether ‘Southern’ still fits
For the Rev. Jerry Henry, pastor of First Baptist Church of Fairhope, being Southern Baptist is a defining aspect of life. He embraces the denomination’s conservative social values, extols its evangelism — “We...
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Southern Baptist Convention adopts resolutions on immigration, gender-free NIV bible
The largest protestant denomination in the country adopted recently a resolution that would provide a way for undocumented immigrants in the country to acquire citizenship, without granting them amnesty. The Southern Baptists, ...
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