Religion Professor Nominated to Head CBF Global Missions

Shorter College religion dean Rob Nash has been nominated as next Global Missions coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Announced Monday in a press release, Nash’s nomination by a seven-member search committee will be presented for approval to the...

SBC Baptisms Decline

Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch’s plan to “rev up a rundown romance with reaching people” may be in need of a jumpstart, with statistics released Wednesday showing a decline in baptisms for the fifth time in the last six years....

Creationist Replaces Dembski at Southern Seminary

A young-earth creationist will replace departing intelligent design advocate William Dembski at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Center for Theology and Science. Kurt P. Wise, a professor at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., was named to fill the vacancy...

Report Says States Omitting Minority Test Scores

An analysis by the Associated Press says nearly 2 million students–mostly minorities–aren’t being counted in test scores under No Child Left Behind, creating a false picture of academic progress. The law requires that all public school students must...