by Dennis Bickers | Aug 30, 2019 | Opinion
I conducted a survey a number of years ago of bivocational ministers within the American Baptist Churches, USA. One of the questions asked concerned their level of education. Those responding reported everything from a high school education to doctorates. Many had...
by Bill Pitts | Aug 30, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Aug. 29, 2013. At the time of publication, Pitts was professor of church history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918), the noted theologian and Baptist pastor, affirmed a deep relationship...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 29, 2019 | Opinion
The effort to privatize public schools undermines the very nature of a democratic government, replacing the sacred ideals of equality and shared fortunes with economic privilege and greed. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these...
by Jo Ann Deasy | Aug 29, 2019 | Opinion
Many believe that theological education is in the midst of major transition. Sitting at the intersection of the church and higher education, both of which are in the midst of significant flux, theological education is seeking out new educational models, new economic...
by David Wheeler | Aug 29, 2019 | Opinion
I first was invited to a tenure track position as a theology professor by Central Seminary in Shawnee, Kansas, in 1985, only a year out of grad school. I´ve been teaching pretty much continuously ever since. But my first experience with online teaching began less than...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 28, 2019 | Opinion
Archaeologists from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently announced that they and Israeli colleagues in the “Mount Zion Archaeological Project” have uncovered poignant remains from the brutal day Babylonian soldiers pillaged the city of...
