S. Craig Sanders

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Countercultural Christianity is the necessary result of friendship with Jesus, said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. "We have to go out as an insurgency," Mohler said in his Feb. 2 convocation address. Ministers of the Gospel "are likely to spend the rest of our lives spending social capital in the world around us and in the secular world's mind in order to share the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in all its saving power," Mohler said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Eight Southern Baptist missiologists published a lengthy rejoinder Jan. 5 to a recent book advocating the controversial "Insider Movements," calling its views "theologically dangerous." The book's authors claim converts to Christianity can continue identifying with their previous religious community while following Jesus.

HAMLIN, Texas (BP) -- Cowboys roam in middle-of-nowhere West Texas. Not the city-slicking "rhinestone" kind in Dallas, but cowboys riding on horseback and corralling cattle into a pen. In these small towns, community life is a picture of a bygone era in American culture, where pastors are well-respected and everyone's life is on public display.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- A world-famous pianist and musicologist who was the longest-serving faculty member in the history of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary died Nov. 11 after a battle with cancer. Maurice Hinson, 84, was the senior professor of piano at the seminary and had taught courses for 58 years. "Maurice Hinson was one of the greatest musicologists ever to serve among Southern Baptists, a world-class scholar whose ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- In the span of three months in the summer of 2015, three headlines marked historic events that generations of Americans past could never have imagined. First it was former “world’s greatest athlete” Bruce Jenner debuting his gender transition on the cover of Vanity Fair. Next the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Within a few weeks Americans witnessed the horrors of abortion in a series of undercover videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Reparative therapy is a "superficial" response to homosexual and transgender change and Christian ministers must instead call all people to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, said leaders of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors in Monday (Oct. 5) news conference.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- A recent report from the Association of Theological Schools ranks Southern Baptist Theological Seminary fourth among peer institutions for producing faculty doctorates in the accreditation agency's member schools. Trailing only Princeton Theological Seminary, Harvard and University of Toronto, Southern Seminary improved 12 spots on the list since the previous report in 2001.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Scholars from around the world gathered at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to discuss the history of Christian persecution at the 9th annual conference for the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. "As the church of Jesus Christ in the 21st century, we do not operate from a position of strength, but that's a good thing," said Andrew Fuller Center research associate Jeff Robinson in a concert of prayer for the persecuted church that culminated the Sept. 15-16 conference in Louisville, Ky.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- The donation of an ultrasound machine to Southern Baptists in Columbus will help pregnant women in Ohio's largest city to hear the heartbeat of their unborn child and choose to give birth, said area leaders.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) -- Southern Baptists must remain resolute in the challenges of sexuality and gender while facing denominational decline and contend for religious liberty, panelists said during the Baptist21 luncheon in Columbus, Ohio. More than 1,000 people attended the sold-out event in the Greater Columbus Convention Center during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting. Jedidiah Coppenger, co-founder of Baptist21 and lead pastor of Redemption City Church in Franklin, Tenn., moderated the panel, which featured R. Albert Mohler Jr., Daniel Akin, Russell Moore; David Platt; and H.B. Charles Jr.