Memo to Baptists Gathering in Greensboro

Baptists across the country will be watching North Carolinians who gather in Greensboro, Jan. 23-24, for what could be the most important gathering since moderate Baptists met in 1990 to form what became the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. After years of electoral...

‘House of Sand and Fog’

Almost two years ago a film was released entitled “Changing Lanes.” It told the story of two imperfect men who end up entwining one another in a series of vengeful reactions—because of a fender-bender. “House of Sand and Fog” is also a movie...

What’s the Book on EthicsDaily.com?

EthicsDaily.com is emerging as one of the premier Baptist Web sites. Launched two years ago this week, EthicsDaily.com creates a synergy between the two primary wings of the Baptist Center for Ethics. One wing is news and information. The other is educational...

Worthy Worship

The single greatest worship experience he ever had, Gordon MacDonald says, occurred after the benediction had been pronounced and people were actually leaving the building. It was 1976, and MacDonald, now editor at large of Leadership Journal, had attended the...

Questionable Enterprises?

It is now three weeks since past and present leaders of Baptist World Aid asked the chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s committee on its relationship to the Baptist World Alliance to substantiate its accusation that the BWA has funded “questionable...

No Closed Doors, No Hidden Agendas

Editor’s Note: This editorial from the December 1980 issue of Baptist Program, was the last written by Albert McClellan, a 31-year employee of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee who retired Dec. 31, 1980, as associate executive secretary and...