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I’ve been busy writing papers over the last week. One forthcoming paper analyzes David Gushee’s “Emerging Evangelical Centrist” thesis and the concept of “substantive neutrality.” The other paper which I presented earlier this week was entitled: Where Did Baptists Come From? The Case For Anabaptist Influence on Baptist Origins In that paper, I take a [...]

And now some BJC news… WASHINGTON — One of the most prominent historians of American evangelicalism called on “true Baptists” June 29 to re-assert their prophetic role “as watchmen on the wall of separation between church and state.” Randall Balmer, a history professor at Columbia University, told more than 550 supporters of the Baptist Joint [...]

On Friday, Baptists attending the joint gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the American Baptist Churches USA met at Fountain Plaza, directly behind the United States Capitol to celebrate religious liberty through the reading of G.W. Truett’s historic sermon. Johnny Pierce of Baptists Today covered the event (which I attended)…. WASHINGTON (ABP) — Eighty-seven [...]

Baptists and others who love religious liberty will gather on the steps of the Capitol next weekend to to show support for the separation of church and state. This rally will be held in conjunction with the General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and is sponsored by the Baptist Joint Committee. Don Byrd of [...]