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  Baptists claim harassment in Uzbekistan

  Leaders of the registered Baptist Union of Uzbekistan claim continuing harassment by the country's legal system and a media campaign intended to smear the group as a dangerous cult that targets children for proselytizing.

  02/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  Task force calls for more cooperation between SBC entities

  A task force studying ways to make the Southern Baptist Convention more effective recommended greater flexibility and cooperation among state and national entities in a progress report to the SBC Executive Committee Feb. 22.

  02/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  African-American Baptists collaborate to help Haiti

  Presidents of five historically African-American Baptist denominations announced Feb. 12 they were collaborating to respond more effectively to human need in Haiti.

  02/22/2010 - By Administrator

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  Pastor, evangelist BO Baker dead at 86

  Pastor and evangelist BO Baker Jr. died Feb. 18 in Plano at age 86. He was a noted churchman, international evangelist, author and lyricist.

  02/22/2010 - By admin

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  Two former Baptist youth-group members suspected in church arsons

  Two young men suspected of setting 10 East Texas churches on fire were active in the youth group of a Southern Baptist congregation before drifting away from church after the mother of one of them died three years ago.

  02/22/2010 - By Administrator

• New abolitionists shine light on human trafficking

  A growing number of Texas Baptists are seeking to raise awareness about human trafficking as an issue, prevent it from taking place and aid victims of the atrocity.

  02/19/2010 - By Administrator

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  Freed Baptists hope attention will now focus on Haiti’s needs

  Eight Southern Baptist mission volunteers freed after three weeks in a Haitian jail said they hope their release will allow attention to focus once again on tremendous need remaining from the Jan. 12 earthquake that prompted them to go to Haiti in the first place.

  02/18/2010 - By Administrator

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  Seminary president labels Southern Baptist mission strategy ‘heresy’

  The president of Liberty Theological Seminary has labeled a method used by Southern Baptist missionaries to spread the gospel in Muslim lands deceptive and heretical.

  02/18/2010 - By Administrator

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  Starr receives enthusiastic—not unanimous—welcome at Baylor

  Kenneth Starr received an enthusiastic—but not unanimous— welcome to Baylor University when he arrived at the Bill Daniel Student Center to be introduced to faculty, staff and students as the school’s president-elect.

  02/16/2010 - By Administrator

• Some Baptists gaze at Starr with cautious optimism for Baylor

  When Baylor University regents announced Kenneth Starr as their unanimous choice as the school’s president, Baptist General Convention of Texas President David Lowrie acknowledged, “It caught me off guard.” But after meeting Starr at a gathering of Texas Baptist leaders, Lowrie noted he was “very impressed.”

  02/16/2010 - By Administrator

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  New Baylor president affirms school’s heritage, plans to become Baptist

  Although Kenneth Starr grew up in the Church of Christ and has been a member of a nondenominational church for decades, the newly elected Baylor University president affirmed the Baptist school’s heritage and pledged to “readily, cheerfully and enthusiastically” join a Baptist church by the time his tenure begins June 1.

  02/16/2010 - By Administrator

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  Kenneth Starr elected Baylor University president

  Kenneth W. Starr, an attorney and academician best known as the independent counsel whose investigation led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton, has been elected president of Baylor University.

  02/15/2010 - By Administrator