Baseball Players Tie MLB to Houston-Area Churches
CRAIG REYNOLDS Talk to Craig Reynolds and you will only find out that he is a former Major League Baseball player if you know that biographical detail coming into the conversation. For Reynolds, who played in the big leagues for fifteen seasons and now serves as pastor of preaching and teaching for the […]
FIRST-PERSON: Jason Collins is not a hero, but let’s pray for him
Columnist Jeff Robinson says that while Christians should not believe Jason Collins is a hero for coming out as gay, they nevertheless should pray for him.
Christians and the Political Arena: A Historical Review
William Wilberforce As the 2012 presidential election approaches, one of America’s most coveted blocks of voters, evangelicals, are desirable for good reason: they have never sat on the sidelines of the public square. Throughout the ages, faithful, biblical Christians have labored within the parameters of their respective forms of government to exert godly influence and […]
New Orleans Pro Sports Teams Partner with Southern Baptists at Women’s Shelter
Being a member of one of New Orleans' professional sports teams, the Saints of the NFL and the Hornets of the NBA, is not easy these days. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 decapitated the Superdome, leaving the Saints without a home field for much of the season. In recent weeks, New Orleans Saints football […]
Who Was Annie Armstrong?
Many Southern Baptists know Annie Armstrong only as the namesake of their annual offering for North American missions. But according to church historians, she was also one of the primary shapers of the modern Southern Baptist Convention. "I tell my students that Annie Armstrong and her frequent collaborator I.T. Tichenor [longtime secretary of […]
Pastor’s suffering strengthens church
MARTIN, Tenn. (BP)--This was not the method of church growth Dwayne Maxey had in mind when he was called as pastor of tiny Eastside Baptist Church in 2000.
SBTS: New school thrives in first year
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The new school of church ministries at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is proving its viability, according to dean Randy Stinson. Southern formed the school in the spring of 2009 by merging the school of church music and the school of leadership and church ministry. While some had criticized the seminary for combining the […]
‘Build upon the foundation,’ Mohler urges
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The uniqueness of the call to Christian ministry is bound up in the fact that ministers will not finish what they started because they are laying the foundation upon which God is constructing His church, R. Albert Mohler Jr. told graduates at fall commencement exercises Dec. 11 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Preaching […]
Anabaptist kinship or English dissent? Papers at ETS examine Baptist origins
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–The Evangelical Theological Society’s annual meeting — held in New Orleans, birthplace of the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention — included an examination of the question: Where did Baptists come from and what are their distinctive beliefs? Paige Patterson, former SBC president and current president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in […]
Forge new identity, Mohler
urges young Southern Baptists
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–The younger generation of Southern Baptists will shape the future of the denomination, a stewardship it must not take lightly, R. Albert Mohler Jr., said Oct. 9. Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered the closing address of the “Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the Future of Denominationalism Conference,” held Oct. 6-9 at […]
