Essay: Some Baptists debate about women preaching, others listen to women preach
Baptist minister BRIAN KAYLOR says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that focusing almost entirely on the SBC not only minimizes the theological (and political and racial) diversity of Baptists, but it also privileges a patriarchal body over others…
Jordan unveils $US100 million master plan for the second millennium of Jesus’ baptism
Amman, Jordan RNS Jordan has launched a $US100 million master plan aimed at attracting one million Christian pilgrims to celebrations of the second millennium of the baptism of Jesus in 2030. The ambitious plan was unveiled by a not-for-profit foundation created by the Jordanian government to develop the “Bethany beyond the Jordan” area, on the […]
Polish Baptists, Southern Baptist mission board rally to aid Ukraine
RNS In Chelm, Poland, a dozen miles from the Ukrainian border, a Baptist church has opened its doors to refugees since the Russian invasion began, offering a hot meal, clothing and place to stay. “As we watched news about the expected invasion,” Pastor Henryk Skizypkowski told Religion News Service in an email, “we stepped out […]
World and European Baptist leaders issue statement expressing concern over Gaza violence
Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance and the European Baptist Federation have issued a joint statement expressing “grave concern” over the violence in Gaza last week. Almost 60 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured when Israeli soldiers fired into protestors who had massed on the Gaza border early last week. The UN Human Rights Council […]
Baptist World Alliance joins chorus of voices protesting new law in Bolivia which could make evangelism a crime
The Baptist World Alliance is among numerous Christian bodies around the world which has voiced protests over proposals to introduce a new law in the South American nation of Bolivia which they say could make evangelism illegal and put those that do so at risk of prosecution and imprisonment. In a letter to Bolivian law-makers, […]