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  Baptists urged to remember their roots, consider risks of ‘majoritarian faith’

  Baptists in the United States—who find themselves members of a religious majority or plurality in many areas—would do well to remember their humble beginnings as a persecuted minority and to reconsider the dangers of a “majoritarian faith,” Baptist scholar Doug Weaver urged at a recent Baptist history conference.

  06/12/2009 - By admin

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  Baptists’ grass-roots identity helped spread key ideas

  While Baptists may not be able to claim sole credit as the originators of ideas such as religious liberty and the modern missionary movement, the denomination’s identification with common folk helped them become “popularizers” of these and of other significant ideas, Baptist historian Carol Holcomb suggested.

  06/12/2009 - By admin

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  Ordination practices reveal a tangled web of Bible, theology and tradition

  Pragmatism and tradition have stood alongside biblical and theological principles in shaping Baptist ordination practices, church historian Karen Bullock told the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute colloquy.

  06/12/2009 - By admin

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  Baptism neither a means of obtaining grace nor a trivial ritual

  By looking back to their beliefs and practices from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century, Baptists can reclaim a view of baptism between the extremes of sacramentalism and “mere symbolism,” church historian and theologian Sheila Klopfer said.

  06/12/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State

  An orchestra camp for top junior high and high school musicians on the Hardin-Simmons University campus will end with four concerts free to the public.

  06/12/2009 - By admin

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  Texas Tidbits

  A gift to Baylor University from the estate of Lee and Millie Harris of Bartlesville, Okla., established an endowed scholarship in the Hankamer School of Business.

  06/11/2009 - By admin

• On the Move

  Randy Biddlecome to First Church in Bryan as minister of youth.

  06/11/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs

  Pam Durso of Atlanta has been hired as the new full-time executive director for Baptist Women in Ministry.

  06/11/2009 - By admin

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  Book says SBC lacks system of preventing sexual abuse

  A book released in advance of the June 23-24 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention claims the nation's largest Protestant faith group has more than 100,000 clergy, but no effective system of denominational oversight to protect children from sexual abuse.

  06/09/2009 - By Bob Allen / Associated Baptist Press

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  Changing the world begins at home for South Texas youth group

  A dozen teenagers from Tilden Baptist Church who want to help change the world this summer decided to start close to home by rebuilding an elderly neighbor’s front porch.

  06/05/2009 - By admin

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  Delayed by swine flu scare, Bible Drill finals still draw 81 participants

  Even though Texas Baptists’ state Bible Drill finals had to be rescheduled because of a swine flu outbreak, only one student out of 82 possible participants was unable to attend because of the change in date.

  06/05/2009 - By admin

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  Pastor proposes SBC resolution celebrating Obama’s election

  A prominent African-American pastor is urging the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution celebrating the election of President Obama when it meets June 23-24 in Louisville, Ky.

  06/05/2009 - By Administrator