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  Religious re-branding hard to do and not always successful, experts say

  Did leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention hurt their missionary cause by opting not to change the denomination's name to something a bit more, well, marketable?

  03/08/2012 - By Administrator

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  Vestal defends CBF hiring policy

  Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal defended the organization’s 12-year-old ban on hiring gays in a statement March 8.

  03/08/2012 - By Administrator

• BUBBA among rejected SBC names

  As the Southern Baptist Convention recently weighed changing its name, denominational leaders were bombarded with suggestions—hundreds of them.

  03/02/2012 - By Administrator

• Louisiana College sues over contraceptive mandate

  A Baptist college in Louisiana is suing the federal government over a requirement that religious schools and hospitals cover contraceptives in insurance for their employees, including birth control pills that induce abortion.

  03/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Don’t forget founding values, CBF coordinator says

  Entering into an era of change, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship should not forget the vision, mission and values that have marked the organization’s first 20 years, CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal told the group’s Coordinating Council Feb. 24.

  02/24/2012 - By Administrator

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  CBF leader suggests it is time to revisit group’s ban on hiring gays

  After the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship completes a re-visioning process and selects a new executive coordinator, a first order of business should be revisiting a policy that prohibits the hiring of gays and lesbians, the organization’s top elected officer told leaders.

  02/24/2012 - By Administrator

• Southern Baptists likely to stick with same name, more or less

  A task force is recommending the Southern Baptist Convention maintain its official name but give members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination the option of calling themselves “Great Commission Baptists.”

  02/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  Retiring Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal will direct Mercer University's new Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership.

  02/16/2012 - By Administrator

• NC Baptists square off over gay marriage

  Baptists are lining up on opposing sides of an upcoming ballot referendum to amend North Carolina’s constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.

  02/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Seminary president resigns ahead of confrontation with trustees

  Phil Roberts, the embattled president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, resigned Feb. 10. No reason was stated, and trustees gave no details about their called five-and-a-half hour meeting at a Kansas City hotel that prompted the 61-year-old to step down.

  02/10/2012 - By Administrator

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  Retiring CBF head to lead new center for Baptist leadership

  Retiring Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal has been tapped to lead Mercer University’s new Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership. Vestal will assume his new role July 1, the day after he retires as head of the Atlanta-based CBF, where he has served since 1996.

  02/08/2012 - By Administrator

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  New Orleans pastor may become first African-American SBC president

  After months of urging from other Baptists around the country, Fred Luter told his African-American congregation he will seek to become the first black man to lead the predominantly white Southern Baptist Convention.

  02/07/2012 - By Administrator