“Dare we allow proponents of liberal theology to sneak among our converts through Bible-training programs and seminaries to corrupt the very believers that we have labored to bring to salvation in Christ?” challenged missionary Gregg Fort to SBC messengers meeting in Houston.
Read MoreFrank Page and other members of the advisory team on Calvinism took questions Monday on a report they hope will ease tensions between proponents and opponents of Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention.
Read MoreA 19-member advisory team on Calvinism has released findings in a report titled “Truth, Trust and Testimony in a Time of Tension” in advance of the upcoming SBC annual meeting.
Read More150 years after the Civil War, racial reconciliation remains elusive in the former capital city of the Confederacy.
Read MoreThe Emancipation Proclamation is remembered for its impact on ending slavery, but often overlooked is the insight it gives into President Lincoln’s shifting views on religion, says a Yale Divinity School scholar.
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Just because Jesus told his disciples God alone knows when he will return, that hasn’t prevented 2,000 years of Christian speculation.
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Would the founders of the world’s major religions have treated one another differently than how their followers treat one another?
Read MoreCentral Baptist Theological Seminary co-sponsored the last of three Baptist-Muslim dialogue events held by schools with ties to American Baptist Churches USA. The goal of the meetings was to create an atmosphere where the two faith communities can live in peace and promote common good in American society and the broader world.
Read MoreA Virginia Baptist pastor describes his church's opportunity to host Muslim students for a spring break service project a "Kingdom moment."
Read MoreReports that professors at Campbellsville University teach evolution and reject biblical inerrancy have drawn scrutiny from Kentucky Baptist leaders.
Read MoreWhile neighbors in nearby West, Texas, reeled from a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, scholars gathered in Waco to discuss the lasting impact of the siege and raid on the Branch Davidian compound 20 years ago.
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Missions-driven advances in water filtration and other technologies are having an impact beyond church planting.
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Even though the humanity of Christ is a core tenet of the Christian faith, many believers tend to view Jesus as wholly divine.
Read MoreSouthern Seminary President Albert Mohler says papal authority is “anathema” to evangelical beliefs.
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Christians err when they treat decision-making — rather than spiritual formation and character — as central to ethics, theologian and ethicist Jeph Holloway said in a recent lecture series.
Read MoreInstead of promoting an embattled Calvinist leader, a former supporter says evangelical leaders should be confronting him about his sin.
Read MoreEstablished in 1993, Passport is a national, nonprofit student ministry that also offers a year-round devotion site.
Read MoreThe home-missions arm of American Baptist Churches USA has named its first two national missionaries to minister to thousands of refugees who have fled civil war in Myanmar to settle in the United States.
Read MoreA new study attributes the so-called “belief” gap between evolution and young-earth creationism to a small fundamentalist minority of faith groups who are openly opposed to science.
Read MoreGeorge Washington University, a private institution of higher learning in Washington, D.C., got its start as Columbian College, founded by Baptist leaders including missionary Luther Rice.
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Don’t worry, gay Scouts, Southern Baptists still ‘love’ you By Thomas Whitley
A recent decision to drop its ban on gay members has, overnight apparently, turned the Boy Scouts of America into a mission field.
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A new theology of disability envisions a Body of Christ where all have a place.
A lady called some weeks ago saying that her church was in deep...
There are only two ways to raise your children: you either shut them...
At last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, messengers from SBC churches around...