News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

Remember the Valley-Gate scandal which has dominated Texas Baptist life for the past two years? If you don’t, here’s a brief summary from a May, 2007 Baptist Standard article: Last year, a five-month independent investigation uncovered evidence that 98 percent of the 258 new churches reported by three church planters in the Rio Grande Valley [...]

David Montoya, a Texas Baptist blogger, who goes by the name Spiritual Samurai has officially made his exit from the blogosphere. You can read his terse goodbye here. On behalf of those who also think the blog world is no place for lies and libel – I say Good Riddance.

David Currie, Executive Director of Texas Baptists Committed, has a punchy column that just came out. TWO KEY ISSUES: SUPPORTING THE BGCT AND OPPOSING FUNDAMENTALISM In his Rancher’s Rumblings column, Currie addresses a few criticisms of Texas Baptists Committed. Currie explains that TBC has worked closely with the BGCT in recent years to “encourage the [...]

Ok, so BDW has been busy the last few weeks. I’ve got 2 papers to write, a few books to read, a Final Exam to take and most importantly a thesis to finish. I have, however, made much progress on the thesis front. The words of James Dunn have been flying from my pen! But [...]

A week before the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant kicked off, the Baptist General Convention of Texas announced that Virginia pastor Randel Everett is the nominee to replace Charles Wade (who recently retired) as Executive-Director of the BGCT. Read about that here. Marv Knox, editor of the Baptist Standard, weighs in on Everett’s nomination [...]

I’ve posted a letter received via snail mail. Check it out. November 14, 2007  Dear Big Daddy Weave,  As former Presidents of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, we invite you to participate in an historic gathering of Baptists. We are grateful for the fact that Texas has led the way in so many areas [...]

Baptist Blogger Lee Saunders of Deep In The Heart has been thumped badly by East Texas pastor Mike Massar in the race for 1st-VP of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Mike Massar – 967 (78.62%) Lee Saunders – 267 (20.89%) In a recent blog post, Lee Saunders has promised to bring forth a resolution [...]

Joy Fenner was just elected President of BGCT making her the first female in Texas Baptist history to hold this position. The total vote was: Joy Fenner: 900 votes David Lowrie: 840 votes The Baptist Standard story is here. Read here for background. Disgruntled dissenter David Montoya is not unexpectedl disturbed at today’s historic outcome. [...]