• Baptist blogger sues police, prosecutors for outing him

  A formerly anonymous blogger who criticized his prominent Southern Baptist pastor has sued police and state prosecutors for revealing his identity to the church even though an investigation showed he had done nothing illegal.

  05/15/2009 - By admin

• MBC seeks to reopen Windermere case in Camden County

  The Missouri Baptist Convention will try once again to reclaim land at Windermere Baptist Conference Center and property it once owned by refilling a case recently dismissed in Camden County.

  05/08/2009 - By John Rutledge

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  Chinese students find faith and a home in a foreign land

  Since China's Cultural Revolution, a surge of Chinese students and scholars have adopted Christianity in the United States.

  05/01/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Alliance applauds Cuba policy change

  The Alliance of Baptists applauded President Obama for loosening restrictions on American’s travel to Cuba and called for more reform during the group’s recent convocation in Charlotte, N.C.

  05/01/2009 - By admin

• SBC may deploy disaster relief for swine flu, leader says

  The Southern Baptist Convention could deploy its nationwide disaster-relief network if the international outbreak of swine flu becomes a pandemic in the United States, said a spokesman for the North American Mission Board.

  04/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  Maya Angelou challenges Baptists to fight racism

  With an African-American population estimated as high as 50 million, the "blight of racism" is "still an epidemic assailing" the United States, writer Maya Angelou said April 24 at the Southeast regional gathering of the New Baptist Covenant April 24 and 25 at Wake Forest University.

  04/26/2009 - By Administrator

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  WMU Foundation awards $163,445 for missions support

  The Birmingham, Ala., -based WMU Foundation board of trustees recently awarded $163,445 to boost missions work in North America and around the world.

  04/23/2009 - By admin

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  Southern Seminary closing School of Church Music

  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is closing its 65-year-old School of Church Music and Worship, combining it with the School of Leadership and Church Ministry into a new School of Church Ministries.

  04/22/2009 - By Administrator

• Former SBC president ‘concerned’ about Rick Warren’s comments on gay marriage

  A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention said he is "deeply concerned" about comments by Purpose Driven Life author Rick Warren that a recent court decision allowing gay marriage is not part of his agenda.

  04/17/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  Frank Paschall, who served as Southern Baptist Convention president from 1966 to 1968, died April 10 at his home in Nashville, Tenn. He was 86.

  04/16/2009 - By admin

• SBC ethics head lobbies in favor of coal, against cap and trade

  Coal-fired power plants have received the blessing of the Southern Baptist Convention’s top lobbyist for social and moral concerns, who is urging opposition to a market-based attempt to limit greenhouse-gas emissions.

  04/03/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Baptists minister in aftermath of Alabama shooting

  Baptists reached out in Samson, Ala., a normally sleepy town marred by violence recently when 28-year-old Michael McLendon allegedly went on a 10-victim killing spree before turning a gun on himself.

  04/03/2009 - By admin