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Last month I announced that the big daddy weave will be bloggin’ for Baptists Today at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration which kicks off in less than a week! Here’s a snippet from that announcement found in the Baptist Studies Bulletin: Baptists Today looks forward to being present and to providing timely reports. We have [...]

With the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant right around the corner, I’ve decided to begin a series of posts that introduces the speakers at the various special interest sessions. Months ago I wrote introductions to a few of the plenary speakers including the Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell and the Rev. Dr. Charles G. Adams. A [...]

Baptists Today Editor John Pierce has the story in the latest issue of the Baptist Studies Bulletin. Here’s a snippet:   Southern Baptists and some other kinds, with political disagreements with Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, have dismissed the program as having a secular political agenda. The involvement of prominent Republicans on the program [...]

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 [...]

The November/December issue of the Baptist Joint Committee’s Report from the Capital came out today.   In this exciting issue, your truly provides the Guest View. Last month, Dr. Jimmy Allen penned the first part in a three-part series on the New Baptist Covenant. My article is part 2 of this series and is entitled [...]

Texas Baptists will converge in Amarillo next Monday and Tuesday for the Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. This years Annual Meeting will feature Purpose-Driven Pastor Rick Warren and a contentious election between the potential first female BGCT President, Joy Fenner, and West Texas pastor David Lowrie. Fenner is running on a [...]

Last month, I blogged about Texas Baptist nay-sayers who aren’t exactly thrilled with BGCT involvement in the New Baptist Covenant. You can read my take on that subject here. In a follow-up post, I compiled a long list of Texas Baptists who are involved in the planning process of the New Baptist Covenant. Over 25% [...]

In my last post, I mentioned a few very vocal Texas Baptists who have come out against the BGCT serving as an official partner with the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. Loudest among these critics is David Montoya who in a blog posted after mine had this to say about the BGCT and NBC: [...]

I grew up a Georgia Baptist. From the age of 6 until a Black Thursday fourteen years later, I proudly considered myself a Georgia Baptist. By my teenage years, I had already made my hajj to Maranatha and Koinonia. The writings of Walter Shurden offered historical context to the fundamentalism that I continued to experience [...]

BDW Sr. has a new post on this subject that can be found at http://drweaver.blogspot.com A snippet…. Getting to know someone opens doors to reconciliation when the various parties are willing to learn and to fellowship. The highlight of the recent annual meeting of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was seeing the leaders of American Baptists, [...]