A new poll of pastors’ preferences in the upcoming presidential election shows not only the divide between clergy in political terms, but also the difficulty in talking about politics, especially in church. Half of pastors indicated a preference for former President Donald Trump, one quarter (24%) chose Vice President Kamala Harris, but another quarter (23%) […]
Reporter’s Notebook
Are Southern Baptists becoming a creedal people?
My “Wait! What?” moment during the proceedings at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention was the proposal that the Convention add up to three creeds to the Baptist Faith and Message (2000). Wait! What? Baptists are not a creedal people. Why does anyone want to tack a creed or two or three to our statement of […]
Messengers leave Indy revved up
Indianapolis | Road crews wheeled their black boxes out the Indiana Convention Center doors onto Maryland Avenue. Messengers with their bright red convention bags in hand marched away toward their hotels, toward restaurants, toward home. The 166th annual Southern Baptist Convention was over. And while some no doubt felt disappointment that a candidate, a motion, […]
We need another Blackaby
The lights went down in Georgia Dome and hushed the crowd. More than 20,000 were in attendance for the Southern Baptist Convention in June 1995. Out of the darkness, the lights beamed behind a lone figure on the platform, a kind of clumpy gray-haired man in a dark suit. The crowd gasped. It was Henry […]
Transformation must start with churches
Downtown Nashville was decked out for Christmas and as busy as ever when I arrived last month for a meeting of state ethics leaders hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Its offices are in the Southern Baptist Convention Building which sits just a few blocks away from the historic Ryman Auditorium, home […]
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