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SBC picks Hunt on 1st ballot

Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., won the Southern Baptist Convention presidential election on the first ballot June 10 in Indianapolis. Hunt received 3,100 votes (52.94…

06/09/2008 - By Marv Knox

Kentucky pastor Bill Henard won the Southern Baptist Convention’s first vice presidency in a landslide June 10. Henard defeated two challengers, receiving 1,748 votes—or 73.23 percent of 2,387 ballots cast—during…

06/09/2008 - By Marv Knox

To tithe, or not to tithe

Should you tithe?For most Baptists of a certain age, the answer is easy: “Yeah, sure.” Of course, answering correctly and actually doing anything about it aren’t the same. In our…

06/06/2008 - By Marv Knox

Texas WMU needs our prayers

“How could such a fine, first-rate organization fall so far so fast?” That question has sounded the common refrain as folks have talked about Texas Woman’s Missionary Union lately. WMU…

06/03/2008 - By Marv Knox

Into the future

Our mission statement declares: “Baptist Standard Publishing exists to inform, inspire, equip and empower people to follow Christ and expand the Kingdom of God.” Our charter mandates that the Standard…

05/30/2008 - By Marv Knox

Speak up

You may not expect this from a bunch of journalists, but this new website reflects our Baptist theology. We believe in the twin doctrines of soul competency and the priesthood…

05/28/2008 - By John Rutledge

So many choices

Before I started writing a blog, I figured keeping it up would be the hardest part. How well I'll actually do at coming up with blog fodder remains to be…

05/27/2008 - By Marv Knox

Off on a new adventure

Welcome to the new Baptist Standard website. We’ve been thinking about you and working on this design for a long time. I’ll spare you all the gory details, but suffice…

05/23/2008 - By Marv Knox