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New Baptist Covenant speakers proclaim ‘release’ to captives

Baptists must view prison ministry as more than prayer meetings and Bible studies if they are to follow Jesus’ Luke 4 mandate to “proclaim liberty to the captives,” former Arkansas Appeals Court Justice and Baptist pastor Wendell Griffen told the New Baptist Covenant II.

11/18/2011 - By Administrator

McClatchy: Call people to follow Jesus, not pander to lowest values

Ministers contribute to the decline of churches when they appeal to people’s lowest values of selfish consumerism rather than challenging them to follow Jesus, Rick McClatchy told a regional New Baptist Covenant II assembly in San Antonio. Rosalynn Carter (left) was among speakers at the Atlanta session, linked by satellite to locations around the country.

11/17/2011 - By Administrator

Baylor social work program gets major gift

Baylor University’s School of Social Work has received a $3.6 million gift for a program for international students pursuing a master’s degree in social work.

11/17/2011 - By Administrator

Letter opposing Christian Zionism sparks Israel debate

Evangelical supporters of Israel fired back at a September open letter by two Baptist ethicists questioning theological and moral grounds of “Christian Zionism.”

11/16/2011 - By Administrator

Baylor course title sparks controversy

Baylor University officials say a blogosphere storm over a course listing of “Homosexuality as a Gateway Drug” was blown out of proportion.

11/16/2011 - By Administrator

Christians urged to worship, fellowship across racial lines

Before Christians can bridge racial barriers to work together, they first must get to know each other in worship and fellowship, panelists and speakers told an interracial gathering at the predominantly African-American Zion Hill First Baptist Church in Nacogdoches.

11/16/2011 - By Administrator

Yale professor cites similarities between Mormons, Southern Baptists

Southern Baptists who question Gov. Mitt Romney’s Christianity have more in common with Mormonism than they know, Yale literary critic and author Harold Bloom opined in a New York Times commentary Nov.12.

11/15/2011 - By Administrator

British Baptist newspaper to cease publication

The Baptist Times, an award-winning newspaper published weekly for British Baptists for 156 years, will cease both print and digital editions at the end of the year.

11/14/2011 - By Administrator

Texas Baptist leader Dewey Presley dies

William Dewey Presley, one of the most influential leaders of his generation in Baptist life, died Nov. 10 at the age of 93.

11/11/2011 - By Administrator

Baptist Briefs

George Mason, pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, has been named chair of a nine-member search committee to find a new Cooperative Baptist Fellowship executive coordinator.

11/11/2011 - By Administrator

Foundation honors Ware, remembers legacy of Maston

More than 300 friends honored the contributions of longtime anti-gambling activist and Texas Baptist lobbyist Weston Ware and paid tribute to the legacy of Christian ethicist T.B. Maston during a Nov. 4 banquet at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas.

11/11/2011 - By Administrator

Hope breaks through in Ukraine, Texas Baptist musicians note

A music and missions effort between Texas Baptists and Ukrainian Christians recently took a different tone. The Breakthrough Band—a group of Texas Baptist music ministers and Singing Men of Texas members—brought its brand of contemporary worship music to the Ukraine during eight October concerts across the country.

11/11/2011 - By Administrator