by Brian Kaylor | Aug 13, 2010 | News
Ken Starr, the new president of Baylor University, recently joined a Baptist church without even being present for the service. Starr, whose background is in the Church of Christ, promised to join a Baptist church once he became president of the large Baptist...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 6, 2010 | News
On Aug. 7, 1980, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Bailey Smith, visited the White House to meet with President Jimmy Carter. During that meeting 30 years ago, Smith attacked Carter’s religious beliefs because of political...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 20, 2010 | News
As the 2010 midterm elections heat up, several Republican candidates recently invoked God to support their campaigns and attack their political opponents. From Alabama to Missouri to Nevada, God is being portrayed as taking sides in partisan elections. Republican Ed...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 29, 2010 | News
Nikki Haley easily captured the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor on June 22 after facing weeks of personal attacks, including questions about her conversion to Christianity. Several Baptists in the state joined other conservatives in stirring up...
by Brian Kaylor | Jun 11, 2010 | News
All the chatter in Alabama’s gubernatorial primaries has revolved around U.S. Rep. Artur Davis’ surprising loss in the Democratic primary and the deadlock in the Republican primary. Little assessment has focused on former state Supreme Court Chief Justice...
