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Southern Baptist Convention

  • 2 Feb 2012
    Christian and animal rights groups join forces against cruelty

    A group of theologically conservative American Christian leaders is joining with animal rights defenders to advocate against cockfighting.

  • 16 May 2011
    Bad news and good news in religion reporting

    Given the nature of both the topic and the media, if religion is covered as news, the bad stuff will predominate; if it appears as features, the good side gets a chance to show, says Martin E. Marty. He illustrates his point with reference to Southern Baptists in the USA.

  • 2 Mar 2009
    Southern Baptists and Catholics join US church decline trend

    A reported decline in US Catholic and Southern Baptist membership raises eyebrows because they have grown dependably over the years, but now join the majority of mainline churches reporting a gradual decline.

  • 1 Feb 2008
    Jimmy Carter seeks reconciliation among US Baptists

    Former US President Jimmy Carter, who left the 15 million strong Southern Baptist denomination because of its exclusivism, has enthusiastically backed a three day convention seeking reconciliation among the wider US Baptist community.

  • 23 Feb 2007
    Southern Baptist pressured to take action against sexual abuse

    A network of sexual abuse victims' advocates originally set up to challenge the Catholic Church in the USA has started to pressure the president of the Southern Baptists, America's largest Protestant denomination, to take action against abusive ministers and elders in its ranks.

  • 13 Jan 2007
    Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton back new look for North American Baptists

    Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are backing a new centrist organization for US Baptists which they hope will give space for a progressive Christian voice and improve the negative image of Baptists in North America.