Southern Baptist News

The first meeting of the Baptist World Alliance was July 11-18, 1905, in Exeter Hall, London.

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminarya 'the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.

It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood.

A Texas church with one of the largest Southern Baptist congregations in the U.S. is planning a $130 million expansion.

The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention elected First Baptist Church of Odessa pastor Byron McWilliams as president on Tuesday at its annual meeting in Lubbock.

In what might be arguably the most significant meeting yet for the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, 22 executive directors of Southern Baptist state conventions met with them Oct.

Worshipers at the Redeemer Fellowship Church in Watertown, Mass., which is among a group of churches opened by Southern Baptists and other evangelicals in New England.

Current health care reform proposals threaten Christian values of the sanctity of life, a conservative Baptist lobbyist warned Tuesday.

These days, the Rev. Frank Page likens himself to "a Baptist Forrest Gump." Like the movie character, he's a simple man who keeps finding himself in the right place at the right time, the Rev.

Two Southern Baptist Seminary professors are to speak at the World Missions Conference sponsored by To Every Tribe Ministries at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center Oct.

The Augusta Association of Baptist Churches works behind the scenes for the Broad Street Ministry Center.

Anastasia Baptist Church will sponsor a missions emphasis weekend Saturday and Sunday.

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminarya 'the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world.

In what he hopes will be a "game-changer in terms of the Cooperative Program and our whole relationship with missions," Hayes Wicker has led First Baptist Church in Naples to launch the "Great Commission Connection." WICKER In an effort to personalize missions, GCC will link missionaries and church members while also boosting support for Southern ...

This second in a series of three parts on Southern Baptists, the Sunday School Church is based on a conversation-interview via email and phone with Professor Rick Durst of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mill Valley, California.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sunday, Oct. 11 is World Hunger Sunday for Southern Baptist churches across North America.

Though church denominations are in decline, Union University President David S. Dockery said he is still convinced of the benefits they provide, such as structure, connections, coherence and accountability, especially for groups like the Southern Baptist Convention.

The North American Mission Board is "absolutely essential" to Southern Baptists as a stand-alone entity and is critical to reaching the continent for Christ, Georgia Baptist Convention Executive Director J. Robert White said to the GBC executive committee in mid-September. "There is no agency in the SBC that works like NAMB," White said, citing the ...

Like most health-care executives, O.S. Hawkins is keeping a close eye on Congress these days.

But Christians should not assume that denominations are necessary for the mission of God.