Carter Decries Discrimination Against Women in Church

This story updates and replaces an earlier report posted Sunday as part of developing coverage of the 2005 Baptist World Congress in Birmingham, England. “Despite the fact that Jesus Christ was the greatest liberator of women, some male leaders of the Christian...

Joel Gregory Joins Faculty at Truett

Joel Gregory, a two-time Baylor graduate best known among Baptists as successor to legendary pastor W.A. Criswell at First Baptist Church in Dallas, is returning to the campus in Waco, Texas, as professor of preaching at the university’s George W. Truett...

Survey says Muslims Nearly as Popular as Evangelicals

Evangelical Christians are less popular in America than Catholics or Jews, and are viewed with only slightly more favor than Muslims, according to a poll released Tuesday. The survey by the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press and the Pew Forum on...

Churches Made Up Lost SBC Funding, BWA Head Reports

Baptists in North America more than made up for funding lost when the Southern Baptist Convention left the Baptist World Alliance last year, BWA General Secretary Denton Lotz told the group’s General Council Wednesday. Lotz told Baptist leaders that churches in...

Baptist World Centenary Congress Opens

This story updates and replaces the earlier report posted Thursday morning as part of developing coverage of the 2005 Baptist World Congress this week in Birmingham, England. “Every person needs the Living Water from our Lord Jesus Christ,” said BWA...