by Robert Parham | Jun 20, 2000 | Opinion
Protecting a conservative culture was at the heart of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, not an uncommon move when a religious body perceives itself endangered. With religion editors focusing on the exclusion of women as pastors and preachers...
by Carol Ann Vaughn | Jun 20, 2000 | Opinion
The first great wave of Baptist women mission volunteers coincided with the first American movement for women’s rights, in the 1840s. At that time mainstream American religion prescribed the role of “domestic evangelists” for women. Their ministry...
by Robert Parham | Jun 13, 2000 | Opinion
Here is a seven-point guidepost to how the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship differ. The Southern Baptist Convention is the country’s largest Protestant denomination, but not the only national body of Southern Baptists. Two weeks...
by Carol Ann Vaughn | Jun 6, 2000 | Opinion
Baptist women participated in both the First and Second Great Awakenings in America. Both revival movements produced many Baptist women preachers, prophets, educators and missionaries. From Freewill Baptists, Mary Savage and Sally Parsons preached to New England...
by Bob Setzer Jr. | Jun 6, 2000 | Opinion
Nowhere did Jesus limit women to a subordinate role in his kingdom. In fact, quite the opposite. At every turn, he lifted them up. But there is a far more serious revision in the “new” Baptist Faith and Message (a confessional statement first adopted in...
by Robert Parham | Mar 28, 2000 | Opinion
The model of Celtic Christianity offers Western church leaders a way forward into the 21st century. Celtic Christianity stands in contrast with the early church’s mission to “Romanize” and “Christianize” other peoples. Early Christians,...
