by Baptist Times Staff | Oct 30, 2009 | News
BMS World Mission has taken the unprecedented step of writing directly to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of December’s crucial climate conference in Copenhagen. BMS, a Christian mission organization based in Great Britain, asks Brown to do all he can...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 27, 2009 | News
When Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson steps to the podium this afternoon at the annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), his presence will represent a contradiction both for him and the organization. Patterson has...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Oct 26, 2009 | News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – From Boston to the Bible Belt and from Beaumont to the nation’s beltway, Baptists and Muslims are changing history with the way they change each other. Tired of being defined by extremists, some Baptists and Muslims in the United States have...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 23, 2009 | News
One week after apologizing for comparing Democratic leaders to the Nazis, a prominent Southern Baptist leader has reneged on his promise to stop using such comparisons. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty...
by Paul Hobson | Oct 20, 2009 | News
BMS World Mission will officially return to China – almost 60 years after its last mission worker was expelled from the country. The historic decision was endorsed by the board of trustees on Oct. 13 and follows a visit by a BMS delegation to the Far East in...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 16, 2009 | News
A top Southern Baptist official has apologized for accusing President Barack Obama and congressional Democratic leaders of attempting to do “precisely what the Nazis did.” Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and...