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  African-American Southern Baptist leader rebukes Obama

  An  Arlington pastor who led the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution in 2009 applauding the election of Barack Obama as America’s first African-American president termed the president’s May 9 endorsement of same-sex marriage a betrayal of the black church and an attack on the Christian faith.

  05/10/2012 - By Administrator

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  Land expands apology for ‘injudicious comments’ about Trayvon Martin case

  Under increasing pressure, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, issued a five-part public apology May 9 for  "injudicious comments" he made regarding the Trayvon Martin killing.

  05/10/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council approved the 2012 Task Force report May 1, sending it to the General Assembly this summer for a vote.

  05/09/2012 - By Administrator

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  N.C. gay marriage ban prompts response

  Some religious leaders hailed North Carolina’s May 8 passage of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman as a win for family values, while others vowed to continue the fight for what they call “marriage equality.”

  05/09/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist ministry says ‘no’ to Vanderbilt

  The Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Vanderbilt University will not comply with the school’s new nondiscrimination policy.

  05/08/2012 - By Administrator

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  Glorieta available for $1 to New Mexico Baptists

  The LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center is being offered for $1 to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, according to both LifeWay and state convention leaders.

  05/08/2012 - By Administrator

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  Former SBC officer arrested in protest

  Wiley Drake, a former Southern Baptist Convention official was arrested May 4 for kneeling and praying outside the White House on behalf of blind Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng.

  05/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  New Mexico Baptists ponder future of Glorieta

  Around 30 people from New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma gathered April 12 at Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s building to offer suggestions for the future of Glorieta Conference Center.

  04/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  "The Story Lives On" is the theme of the Woman's Missionary Union Missions Celebration and annual meeting, June 17-18, in the La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

  04/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

  Southern Baptist leaders will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many say set back the denomination's efforts on racial reconciliation.

  04/24/2012 - By Administrator

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  McKissic says SBC should repudiate and/or replace Richard Land

  An influential black pastor says the Southern Baptist Convention should repudiate remarks about race by the head of its ethics commission, and if Richard Land does not repent he should be fired.

  04/19/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  Six years after leaving Shorter College to become top missions administrator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Rob Nash is returning to the classroom at McAfee School of Theology.

  04/14/2012 - By Administrator