• Baylor University slated to receive its largest gift in history

  Baylor University has announced the largest gift in the school’s history—an estate provision estimated at $200 million from an anonymous donor.

  03/04/2010 - By Administrator

• African-American Baptist groups pledge $50 million for Haiti

  America's five largest historically African-American Baptist organizations are cooperating to raise $50 million to help rebuild Haiti and provide aid to victims of a Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the area surrounding the capital of Port-au-Prince.

  03/03/2010 - By Administrator

• Religious Right spokesman on Texas school board unseated by challenger

  The Religious Right suffered a surprise setback in Texas when incumbent Don McLeroy—a creationist and critic of church-state separation—narrowly lost his re-election bid for the powerful State Board of Education to challenger Thomas Ratliff in the March 2 Republican primary.

  03/03/2010 - By Administrator

• Church unity vital, Panhandle-Plains conference speakers stress

  Churches need to practice more unity both inside their congregations and in relationship with other Christians, speakers stressed at the Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference.

  03/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptist expert says Establishment Clause applies to foreign policy

  A Baptist church-state specialist voiced concern about a think-tank report urging a new direction for U.S. foreign policy focused on the role religion plays in world affairs.

  03/02/2010 - By Administrator

• Former Baptist editor Fletcher Allen dies

  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (ABP) — A retired denominational journalist who worked three decades at Baptist newspapers in three states died Feb. 27 after a long battle with cancer.

  03/02/2010 - By admin

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  Relief launched for quake in Chile described as ‘without parallel’

  Southern Baptists have released $50,000 for immediate relief needs in Chile, where the death toll has climbed past 700 in an earthquake disaster described by the country’s president as “without parallel in Chile's history.” A Southern Baptist assessment team is en route to the country for dialogue with ministry partners about needs and on-the-ground evaluation of the damage caused by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck in the pre-dawn hours Feb. 27.

  03/01/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptists pledge support for earthquake victims in Chile

  Even as Baptists began to dig in for a long-term response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, focus shifted to another quake that killed hundreds and caused billions of dollars in property damage in Chile.

  03/01/2010 - By Administrator

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  ‘A time to be born, a time to die’

  Is a church’s death inevitable? Who can give congregations permission to die? Should church members feel guilty for closing their facility’s doors?

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  Turnaround churches: Can Baptists learn from Anglicans?

  If Christians in the United States think turning around a declining church is difficult, think of trying it in the Church of England, where tradition reaches back hundreds of years and hierarchical structure often hamstrings changes local congregations want to make.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  For victims of family violence, hope returns when healing begins

  Viviana Triana sometimes hears stories of unspeakable suffering in her role as a bilingual counselor at the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims & Children in Waco.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  For churches, how much risk really is too much?

  In the wake of the Catholic Church’s clergy sexual abuse crises and several church shooting incidents in recent years, risk has become a hot topic for churches.

  02/26/2010 - By admin