News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

4 Regional Gatherings of the New Baptist Covenant have now been announced for 2009. 2009 marks the 400th Anniversary of Baptists. Here they are: 1. Wake Forest University (April 24-25, Press Release, Southeast Region) Wake Forest University School of Divinity will host the Southeast regional gathering of the New Baptist Covenant, April 24-25, 2009. Maya [...]

Here’s a snippet from the Birmingham News: Former President Jimmy Carter plans to teach a Bible study class and be the keynote speaker on Jan. 31 at a regional gathering in Birmingham of the New Baptist Covenant.  The New Baptist Covenant, an informal alliance of more than 30 Baptist groups from throughout North America with [...]

  Statement on March 12 New Baptist Covenant Followup Meeting   About 70 Baptists assembled at The Carter Center on March 12 to assess the hundreds of comments and suggestions that poured in following the New Baptist Covenant assembly in Atlanta. Almost of all of the participants represented conventions, associations, universities, or other organizations. They [...]

Reaction to the New Baptist Covenant Celebration has been negative in the Southern Baptist blogosphere. Surprise. Surprise. A friend of mine and Southeastern Seminary employee – Nathan Finn – asked on his blog whether any of those in attendance will write anything critical about the Celebration. Nathan expects us New Covenant Baptists to “gush about [...]

The Rev. Charles G. Adams of Hartford Baptist Church in Detroit and now Harvard Divinity preached during last night’s concluding plenary session of the New Baptist Covenant Celebration. Adams was impressive – most likely the best sermon that I have ever heard. However, it was impossible to take notes. Adams is a speed-talker. He reads [...]

Click HERE to watch the video of President Clinton’s 29 minute speech at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. I’ve transcribed Clinton’s speech and posted it below. I hope you’ll read and come back later for my thoughts on Clinton and the memorable Celebration. Meanwhile, stop by the blog of Baptists Today editor John [...]

I just heard Rev. James A. Forbes preach at the Prophetic Preaching conference here at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. Forbes is the President & Founder of Healing of the Nations Foundation and is the Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church in New York City. His sermon was entitled “Calling for the [...]

Just returned from the press conference with Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Senator Grassley spoke at this morning’s plenary session of The New Baptist Covenant on the challenges of public policy and feeding the hungry world. Grassley discussed the need for the dissemination of scientific ideas towards increasing food production and the positive effects [...]

I saw an Inconvenient Truth when it first came out in 2005. I was inspired then – but left feeling like I hadn’t heard anything new from when I was an environmental studies major at Baylor University. At the Stewardship of the Earth luncheon today with Al Gore at the Celebration of a New Baptist [...]

Tonight’s sermon at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant was given by Julie Pennington-Russell, Senior Pastor of the historic First Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia. Before coming to Decatur, Julie was my pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. Read my past posts about her here. The title of Pastor Julie’s sermon was “The [...]