Progressive Baptists name new president

September 7, 2006

CINCINNATI — The Progressive National Baptist Convention has named T. DeWitt Smith as its new president. Elected at the convention’s annual summer session, Smith will

Residents get keys to homes built by Habitat, Baptists

August 31, 2006

Holding their keys high for all to see, 30 New Orleans families celebrated the joy of home ownership Aug. 19. The brightly painted new homes

Baptists among ‘most influential’ churches

August 24, 2006

CHICAGO — Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago is the most influential church in America, according to The Church Report magazine. But two Southern

NAMB appoints Alabama natives as missionaries in Dothan

August 24, 2006

Alabama natives John and Dana Gunter have been appointed by the North American Mission Board as church-planting missionaries in Dothan. Prior to being appointed to

Missouri Baptists ordered to pursue mediation

August 24, 2006

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Baptist University must sit down and discuss possible solutions to their ongoing legal battle. In

Baptists create New Orleans partnership zones

August 24, 2006

NEW ORLEANS — A new evangelistic plan for the New Orleans metropolitan area has been launched as a partnership involving the Baptist Association of Greater

Houston Baptist University names Sloan president

August 24, 2006

HOUSTON — Houston Baptist University (HBU) trustees elected Robert Sloan, the controversial former president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, as president of the 2,300-student