“The Nashville Statement” on sexuality, marriage, and gender identity, released last week by major Evangelical leaders, will hopefully foster constructive dialogue among Evangelicals. Continue Reading »
What does it mean to be a Baptist? What does it mean to call for Baptist catholicity? Continue Reading »
The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in America and has been since around 1960 when it bypassed Methodism in this category. Riding the wave of the post-World War II evangelical boom, Southern Baptists long ago moved beyond their old confines south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Southern Baptist churches are now located in all of the fifty states. Led today by the Reverend Fred Luter, their first African-American president, Southern Baptists have become one of the most ethnically diverse and multilingual denominations in the country. Continue Reading »
On June 19, 2012, the Reverend Fred Luter was elected as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination. In many respects, his election was unremarkable: The convention was held in his hometown of New Orleans, where he is the pastor of the largest Baptist . . . . Continue Reading »
War is waged within the Southern Baptist Church of the 1970s and . . . . Continue Reading »
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