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Baptists have always claimed that one Baptist can not speak for other Baptists. Thus, Baptists engaged in public policy have always operated by the following motto: Speaking To But Not For    Baptists like James Dunn and Brent Walker of the Baptist Joint Committee and Baptists like the late Phil Strickland and Suzii Paynter of [...]

This is the eighth post in my Recovering E.Y. Mullins and Saving Soul Freedom series. Past posts include: The Golden Hour to Save Soul Freedom, Recovering E.Y. Mullins – Part 5, Saving Soul Freedom w/ James Dunn, On Being An Authentic Baptist, Priests and Prophets, and the original Recovering E.Y. Mullins. Today, we’re bringing back [...]

This is the seventh post in my Recovering E.Y. Mullins and Saving Soul Freedom series. Past posts include: The Golden Hour to Save Soul Freedom, Recovering E.Y. Mullins – Part 5, Saving Soul Freedom w/ James Dunn, On Being An Authentic Baptist, Priests and Prophets, and the original Recovering E.Y. Mullins. Today’s excerpt comes from [...]

The July issue of The Baptist Studies Bulletin is now available courtesy of Mercer University’s Center For Baptist Studies. The Table of Contents is as follows: “The Divine Gift” – by Walter Shurden “Why I Am Excited About The New Baptist Covenant” – by David Emmanuel Goatley “The Spirituality of Roger Williams” – by Doug [...]

Beth Newman is a Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Richmond. In addition to co-authoring the Baptist Manifesto, Newman writes guest commentary for the Associated Baptist Press. Recently, Newman advocated the use of creeds in an opinion piece for the ABP. Newman writes…. Professor Walter Shurden has commented recently on [...]

This is the sixth post in the Recovering E.Y. Mullins and Saving Soul Freedom Summer Project. See all past posts here. As E.Y. Mullins, J.M. Dawson, G.W. Truett, and James Dunn said time and time again – the freedom of the individual conscience is the cornerstone that precedes and demands religion liberty and her essential [...]

In an interview with Louie D. Newton in 1955, Karl Barth stated: “How I thank God for E.Y. Mullins. Mullins gave the world a mighty phrase – the competency of the soul.” While Mullins did not invent the idea of “soul competency” – he invested energy and meaning in the phrase, placed it at the [...]

This is the fourth post in our newly launched Recovering E.Y. Mullins and Saving Soul Freedom Summer Project. See here, here, and here. Our inspiration for this Project is none other than Bill Underwood, President of Mercer University and New Baptist Covenant organizer, and his Baptist Summit speech given in January, 2006. Without further ado, [...]

How to recognize a “real” Baptist if you see one By James M. Dunn 1. If soul liberty is important. 2. If the priesthood of all believers is more than a slogan. 3. If one insists on interpreting the Scriptures for themselves. 4. If one defends the right of each person to come to the [...]

Back in February, Dr. James Dunn, former Executive-Director of the Baptist Joint Committee and current visiting professor at the Wake Forest University Divinity School, delivered the Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State. Below is a snippet from his lecture entitled “Priests and Prophets” “If [...]