News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

Back in September 2010, Baylor University President Ken Starr stressed his desire to see approved a proposal of the Department of Religion to create a center for Baptist Studies. The Baylor University Board of Regents has now approved the establishment of the Baptist Studies Center for Research within Baylor’s Department of Religion.  The new Baptist [...]

On Monday, December 15, the United States Supreme Court turned down another challenge to President-elect Obama’s eligibility to serve as president because of his citizenship. The most recent challenger, Cort Wrotnowski of Greenwich, Connecticut, argued that Obama was a British subject at birth and thus was not a “natural born citizen.” Just two days later, [...]

Amy Butler, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington D.C., has written Michelle Obama a blog letter inviting The First Family to visit Calvary on a Sunday morning. You can read her Dear Michelle letter here. If The Obamas were to make Calvary their new church home, they would not be the first First [...]

During a recent and brief interview with Newsweek?, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that United States Representative Chet Edwards (D-TX) of Waco would be an excellent choice as Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate. Here’s Pelosi: “Anyone that Barack Obama wants is my choice for vice president,” Pelosi told the interviewer, who appeared to be from [...]

On Sunday night, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama participated in CNN’s Compassion Forum held on the campus of Messiah College in Pennsylvania. John McCain – the Baptopalian – was a no show. You can read a summary of the shindig over at CNN. You can also read the transcript here. I’m posting the transcript [...]

A diverse group of religious leaders have released an open letter to Senator Hillary Clinton condemning her recent personal attacks on Barack Obama. You’ll notice that at least two of the religious leaders are Baptists. Check it out: Dear Senator Clinton: We write to you as people of faith from many backgrounds who love our [...]

“If the Clintons were the bridge to the 21st century, Obama IS the 21st century.”  -U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)

In my last post, I wrote about Congressman John Lewis’ decision to endorse Senator Obama after previously pledging his support to Senator Clinton several months ago. You can watch the interview below with The Congressman in which he states that his decision was tougher than his decision to march in Selma back in 1965. Take [...]

After endorsing Senator Clinton several months ago, my former boss and Civil Rights hero, Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta, has OFFICIALLY endorsed Barack Obama and will be casting his Superdelegate vote for the Illinois Senator. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   WASHINGTON — Hoping to put an end to a month of confusion and dismay, Rep. [...]

A little breaking news: Apparently the IRS has opened an investigation into Senator Barack Obama’s address at the United Church of Christ’s 2007 General Synod. The UCC is accused of engaging in “political activities.” See the actual IRS letter here. A snippet from the press release is below: The Rev. John H. Thomas, the UCC’s [...]