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  Majority of Protestant pastors back Romney, but many undecided

  A majority of Protestant pastors plan to vote for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, according to a new survey, but nearly a quarter remained undecided only a few weeks from Election Day.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  John Ward to First Church in Westbrook as pastor.

  10/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest : Family planning

  A coalition of evangelicals is calling on fellow Christians to support access to family planning across the world, saying it does not conflict with evangelical opposition to abortion.

  10/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  No More Violence, in partnership with the River Ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will hold a conference Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shiloh Terrace Church in Dallas.

  10/25/2012 - By Administrator

• Groups support people with disabilities

  As values voters both left and right weigh in on special interests from immigration reform to same-sex marriage in an election season, a lesser-known religious coalition is speaking up for Americans with disabilities.

  10/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Willingham named BGCT evangelism director

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas has named Scott Willingham as director of its evangelism team. In his new role, Willingham—who served as Texas Baptists’ local-church evangelism director since 2008—will seek to encourage churches in their efforts to share the gospel throughout the state and around the world.

  10/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Advocates make progress toward goal of eliminating hunger

  Anti-hunger advocates, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and corporate partners have succeeded in “moving the dial” in efforts to reduce food insecurity and ultimately eliminate hunger, speakers reported at the Southwest Regional Hunger Summit on the Baylor University Campus.

  10/18/2012 - By Administrator

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  Theology study derails Glorieta sale

  LifeWay Christian Resources decided not to sell its cash-strapped Glorieta Conference Center in New Mexico to a Christian college in California following an independent review of the potential buyer’s doctrinal views.

  10/17/2012 - By Administrator

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  Colonial Baptists used Bible to rally support for revolution

  From the days surrounding the American Revolution, Baptists used religious arguments to make political points and political arguments to make religious points, historian James P. Byrd, associate dean at Vanderbilt Divinity School, told a conference at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

  10/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  African-American Baptists followed divergent paths toward goal of racial uplift

  The story of Black Baptists in the 20th century reflects the larger story of African-Americans’ quest for equality, historian Adam Bond said.

  10/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Race divided Southern Baptist and African-American women more than gender united

  Progressive Southern Baptist women in the early 20th century proved “unreliable allies” for African-American Baptist women, historian Carol Holcomb said.

  10/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Feminism left greater impact on Southern Baptist life than on CBF, professor asserts

  The women’s movement of the 1960s and 1970s deeply affected Southern Baptist life — ironically making more of an impact on theological education in ultraconservative Southern Baptist seminaries than in the moderate seminaries related to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, according to Susan Shaw, professor of women studies at Oregon State University.

  10/15/2012 - By Administrator