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  Jimmy Carter builds post-presidential legacy

  There was Jimmy Carter the president and Jimmy Carter the Habitat homebuilder. Now, meet Jimmy Carter 3.0—international advocate for women’s rights.

  05/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  SBC leaders lament declines in baptisms and attendance

  The number of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention grew slightly in 2013, but other key measures declined, according to the Annual Church Profile compiled by LifeWay Christian Resources in cooperation with Baptist state conventions.

  05/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Death sentence for Sudanese Christian condemned

  American Baptist and Southern Baptist leaders spoke out against a death sentence imposed on a pregnant Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith.

  05/23/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Court dismisses Louisiana College suit

  The Supreme Court of Louisiana refused to hear arguments by four former professors at Louisiana College who claimed administrators violated the school’s academic freedom policy and broke conditions of an earlier defamation lawsuit settled out of court in 1997.

  05/16/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: BWA calls for prayer for Ukraine

  The Baptist World Alliance and European Baptist Federation called on Baptists worldwide to pray for Christians in Ukraine.

  05/08/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Coalition says police need better training when confronting mentally ill

  Better police training about how to interact with people with mental health conditions and developmental disabilities can prevent needless tragedy, an American Baptist official told a Senate panel.

  05/08/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Amy Butler recommended at Riverside Church

  Riverside Church in Manhattan has recommended Amy Butler, senior minister at Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., as its seventh senior pastor—the first woman to lead the congregation in its 83-year history.

  05/02/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  CBF names Steven Porter global missions coordinator

  Steven Porter, a lecturer in missions and global Christianity at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary and missions strategist with experience in urban ministry, has been named global missions coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

  05/01/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Activists reflect on Baptist peacemaking

  A lot of Baptists and other Christians are “peacemakers” without even knowing it.

  04/30/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist peacemaker Glen Stassen dead at 78

  Glen Stassen, a Baptist theologian widely known for his work on the ethics of war and peace, died April 26 in Pasadena, Calif., following a battle with cancer. He was 78.

  04/29/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Caner suit dismissed

  A federal judge has dismissed a Georgia Baptist college president’s lawsuit against a blogger who posted video to support allegations that a famous “Jihad to Jesus” testimony is bogus.

  04/24/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Pressler says SBC controversy began at Second Baptist in Houston

  The “conservative resurgence” that transformed the Southern Baptist Convention three decades ago began in the halls of Second Baptist Church in Houston, the movement’s chief architect told seminary students April 15.

  04/18/2014 - By John Rutledge