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  Who founded the Baptist movement– John Smyth or John the Baptist?

  Baptists who celebrate the 400th birthday of their denomination in 2009 miss the mark by about 1600 years, Landmark Baptists insist.

  01/09/2009 - By admin

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  Scholars disagree on Anabaptist, Baptist connection

  While much writing about Baptist history in the 20th century focused on what distinguishes Baptists from other Christians, a group of contemporary scholars believes the Baptist movement now needs to reconnect to its ecumenical roots.

  01/09/2009 - By admin

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  Texas Tidbits: Baylor plans Big Idea conference

  Baylor University will host the Next Big Idea Conference Feb. 9-11. The conference will explore faith-based community ministries that are fully engaged with local and global concerns.

  01/08/2009 - By admin

• On the Move

  Christy Butler has resigned as children’s minister at First Church in Denton.

  01/08/2009 - By admin

• Robert Handy, Baptist historian, seminary professor, dies

  Robert Handy, who studied under legendary Christian scholars like Paul Tillich before becoming a prominent Baptist historian in his own right, died at a retirement community in West Caldwell, N.J., Jan. 8. He was 90.

  01/08/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptist groups send aid to Gaza victims

  Baptist World Aid, the relief-and-development arm of the Baptist World Alliance, gave an initial grant of $10,000 for medical treatment of people who have fled the fighting in Gaza.

  01/08/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptist groups send aid to Gaza victims

  A three-member medical team from Hungarian Baptist Aid is in Egypt, helping both Palestinians and Israelis affected by the current Gaza crisis.

  01/08/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs: Former Attorney General Bell dies

  Former Attorney General Bell dies. Griffin Bell, U.S. attorney general during President Carter’s administration and a longtime benefactor of Mercer University, died Jan. 5.

  01/08/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State: DBU opens new center

  Dallas Baptist University will open the Herman and Patsy Smith Center at the school’s Hurst-Colleyville campus Jan. 20.

  01/08/2009 - By admin

• Gaza Baptist Church damaged in air strike

  An Israeli air strike at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip seriously damaged Gaza Baptist Church on New Year's Day.  The Israeli offensive was launched Dec. 27 after a week in which more than 200 rockets struck southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.

  01/05/2009 - By Administrator

• Wide variety of Baptists, other faiths found in 111th Congress

  Baptists, they say, multiply by dividing. And the various Baptist churches and denominational groups represented in the incoming 111th Congress are emblematic of America’s broad array of Baptists — and of religious life in general.

  01/05/2009 - By Administrator

• Baptist World Alliance responds to Muslim letter

  The Baptist World Alliance has issued its formal response to a 2007 letter, written to Christians by 138 Muslim leaders, describing love for God and love for neighbor as common ground between the two faiths.

  01/05/2009 - By Administrator