News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

(Bill Self and Otis Moss Jr.) Bill Self is the Senior Pastor of Johns Creek Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. His message on the separation of church and state is one of the most powerful that I’ve heard in a long long long time. Check out this quote: “When Church And State Go To Bed, [...]

(Bill Self and Otis Moss Jr.) Otis Moss Jr. just preached at the Prophetic Preaching Conference here at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. I’ve blogged about this preaching confab in the past. Read about it and the Rev. Otis Moss HERE. Now, here’s is a lengthy snippet from Moss’s sermon:   Prophetic Preaching [...]

Today’s luncheon with former Vice-President Al Gore began with a presentation to Gore from Robert Parham, Executive-Director of the Baptist Center for Ethics also known as EthicsDaily.com. Parham presented Gore with a GREEN BIBLE! (Watch Video HERE) Gore thanked President Carter & Mrs. Carter for “being the spirit” behind the Celebration of a New Baptist [...]

You can watch the videos of this morning’s sermons with Tony Campolo and Marian Wright Edelman below: Tony Campolo Marian Wright Edelman Snippets from Sam Hodges of the Dallas Morning News Religion blog: Evangelist Tony Campolo gave a full-throated call for gospel-based social action this morning to several thousand Baptists gathered in Atlanta for the [...]

Here’s my Recap of President Carter’s speech which you should watch HERE.   Carter was introduced as the husband of the most famous Baptist deacon in the world; President Carter cracked a smile and commented on it. He looked at the crowd and said that earlier in the day he was worried when he saw [...]

Dr. William Shaw, Pastor of White Rock Baptist Church in Philadelphia, PA and President of the National Baptist Conventi USA, Inc. delivered a powerful message entitled “The Bible Speaks About Peace With Justice.” Watch Shaw’s message HERE. But here are a few snippets: “Because we’re Baptists, we read the Bible”  “What Jesus was about was [...]

The New Baptist Covenant Celebration opened up earlier tonight. According to Lance Wallace of CBF Communications, the World Congress Center seats 15,000. The place was near capacity. Bill Underwood, President of Mercer University opened up the Celebration with a powerful message. The website of the New Baptist Covenant (www.newbaptistcovenant.com – click on Videos) will be [...]

We’re bloggin live at thebigdaddyweave.com Bill Underwood’s Welcome was absolutely inspiring, Charles Wade delivered with a stirring prayer, and the special music was fabulous. Right now, we’re listening to a sermon on The Bible Speaks About Peace With Justice by Dr. William Shaw, Pastor White Rock Baptist Church in Philly and and President of the [...]

This past weekend over half-a-dozen articles were written in newspapers across the country on this week’s Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant which is being held at the World Congress Center in the ATL from Wednesday – Friday. Several of the articles either focused more on the Southern Baptist Convention or were riddled with factual [...]

If you’re a first time reader and have found my blog via Baptists Today, let me first say Welcome to www.thebigdaddyweave.com! I am The Big Daddy Weave. More biographical info including my e-mail address can be found to your right under my picture with fellow Baptist and Civil Rights hero, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia. [...]