North Carolina Moderate Meeting Draws 500

Moderates in North Carolina didn’t take a formal vote on starting a new organization but began what is likely to be a continuing conversation about finding ways to cooperate apart from the conservative-led Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. About 500...

SBC Leader Says BWA is Obsolete

The Baptist World Alliance was formed in a “steamship age” and has outlived its purpose, says seminary president Albert Mohler. “Now we’re in an age of instant communications, Internet, air travel,” Mohler told the Louisville...

North Carolina CBF Head Stepping Down

North Carolina’s first full-time Cooperative Baptist Fellowship coordinator is stepping down after five years on the job. Bob Patterson, 60, told the state CBF’s 26-member Coordinating Council Tuesday of his desire to “phase out” as paid leader...

Seminary Magazine Describes ‘Biblical’ Womanhood

“Biblical” women submit to their husbands, value homemaking over a career and dress modestly, according to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s current issue of its alumni magazine. The seminary in Louisville, Ky., dedicated its winter 2003 issue...

Bush Suggests Support for Marriage Amendment

President Bush suggested in last night’s State of the Union address that he would support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Talking about defending the institution of marriage, Bush criticized “activist judges” for “redefining...