• Christians commanded to love their Muslim neighbors, panelists insist

  A West Texas missions professor who served more than two decades in Indonesia and an Arab Baptist educator from Lebanon emphasized the need to reach out in love to Muslims.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  North American Baptists examine series of ‘shifts’

  Baptists from across Canada and the United States examined seven key “shifts” July 29 that have impacted the North American Baptist Fellowship.

  07/30/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Preach good news, proclaim freedom, seminary president urges Baptists

  Preach Christ’s good news and proclaim freedom, Argentine seminary president Pablo Deiros challenged participants at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu July 29.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

• Vietnamese churches join Baptist World Alliance

  Some of the globe’s most persecuted Christians found an international home when the Baptist World Alliance admitted the Baptist Churches in Vietnam into the global organization.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Listen to the Spirit, receive the anointing, Coffey urges Baptists

  Human effort and creative strategies lead to futility apart from an anointing by God’s Holy Spirit, British Baptist leader David Coffey told the opening session of the Baptist World Congress, July 28 in Honolulu.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  U.S. denies visas to about 1,000 hoping to attend BWA Congress

  As many as 1,000 people who had registered for the Baptist World Alliance’s Congress this year were unable to attend because they were denied visas by the U.S. government, leaders of the global Baptist organization said July 28.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

• South Africa to host continent’s first Baptist World Congress in 2015

  For the first time, the Baptist World Congress will be held in Africa in 2015, according to a July 27 announcement from Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam.

  07/28/2010 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists’ large military presence colors gay debate

  Repeal of a military ban on openly gay members is expected by many. But Southern Baptists, who have many more active-duty military chaplains than any other denomination, are not giving up without a fight.

  07/28/2010 - By admin

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  Catholics in Nagaland claim persecution by Baptists

  Baptists in Nagaland defended themselves against charges of anti-Catholic bigotry after villagers tore down a Catholic church because the town allows churches only of the Baptist denomination. The controversy has generated widespread media attention pitting Catholics against the Nagaland Baptist Church Council.

  07/27/2010 - By Administrator

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  Group demands apology for religious teaching that denigrates women

  A group of women and men calling themselves the Freedom for Christian Women Coalition has demanded an apology for religious teaching they say is harmful to women. Shirley Taylor, founder of Baptist Women for Equality, presented the Demand for an Apology from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood at a July 24 meeting in Orlando, Fla.

  07/26/2010 - By Administrator

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  Jimmy Carter credits Baptist preacher for his election as president

  Jimmy Carter said July 23 he doubts he would have been elected 39th president of the United States without the aid of Jimmy Allen, a Texas Baptist preacher who endorsed him at a time when his 1976 presidential campaign was floundering.

  07/26/2010 - By Administrator

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  ABP celebrates 20th birthday marked by growing pains

  July 17 marked the 20th birthday of Associated Baptist Press, an independent news service created by and for Baptists interested in a free press during a tumultuous time within the Southern Baptist Convention.

  07/19/2010 - By Administrator