Posts Tagged ‘southern baptists’
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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...
Features
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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Southern Baptists experiencing worrisome decline in baptisms, membership
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. reported recently having the lowest number of baptisms in 60 years, causing dismay among some of the denomination’s leaders.
Arts & Culture
Social networks help retired Christians pray for missions
Online social networks are useful for retired Christians as a means to pray for missionaries, seek prayer in return, and stay and stay connected, the head of a prayer network for missionaries said recently. Ed Cox, director of ...
Radiation fear is biggest obstacle to volunteer work in Japan
Fear of radiation is the biggest obstacle that aid groups in Japan wrestle with, Southern Baptist relief specialists said recently. A group of Southern Baptists from Alabama and South Carolina told the Baptist Press that the fe...
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Christians laud, critique Obama’s position in Libya
Christians have good things and bad things to say about the position that President Barack Obama is taking in Libya. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention sa...
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