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Green light in the bluegrass state: appeals court gives taxpayers the right to challenge 'faith-based' funding of Baptist youth agency in Kentucky. Boston, Rob Oct 1, 2009 1848
Arguing regenerate church membership: Baptist identity during its first decade, 1610-1620: non-Baptists seeking membership in a Baptist church frequently inquire as to why Baptists insist that they be rebaptized. Pitts, Bill Essay Jan 1, 2009 7837
A Baptist reality check. Deweese, Charles W. Jan 1, 2009 581
A calendar to set your clock: it's Ordinary Days, the Miller Time of the liturgical year. Spivey, Ed, Jr. Jul 1, 2008 853
Baptists and the First Amendment: an historical overview. Weaver, C. Douglas Jun 22, 2008 7322
Old wine in new wineskins: the First Amendment and the Internet. Gourley, Bruce T. Jun 22, 2008 2383
Cracks in the wall? Changing attitudes toward the separation of church and state among Southern Baptists. Gaskins, Mark E. Jun 22, 2008 3197
Celebrating Native American Heritage and Culture. Gourley, Bruce T. Mar 22, 2008 556
John Davis and Joseph Islands: indigenous missionaries among the Creeks in Indian Territory. Faught, Jerry L., II Essay Mar 22, 2008 4676
Baptist work among Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. Kuykendall, Michael Mar 22, 2008 3420
Missionary work among our Indians. Frazier, C.F. Reprint Mar 22, 2008 1018
Novelist John Grisham says church politicking hurts baptist image. Mar 1, 2008 463
When Baptists bluff, or believe: winning sermon in the 2007 Baptist heritage preaching contest. Jones, W. Brent Jun 22, 2007 2509
"How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace": the life and ministry of Nelson Smith, Jr. Williams, Avis Biography Jun 22, 2007 1409
Baptists and miracles. Deweese, Charles W. Jun 22, 2007 686
Baptists and biblical religion. Shurden, Walter B. Jun 22, 2007 607
In support of our churches. May 1, 2006 562
Recent trends and Baptist missions: American Christians, including most Baptists, have typically been among the most productive, effective, and committed mission supporters and missionary senders, and they still are. Durso, Pamela R. Editorial Mar 22, 2006 339
Helping Baptists celebrate 400 years, 1609-2009: Baptists have occupied a place in world history for almost four centuries, growing from one tiny congregation in Amsterdam in 1609 to hundreds of thousands of churches today. Deweese, Charles W. Mar 22, 2006 517
The shifting landscape in Baptist missions during the twentieth century: dozens of excellent books and hundreds of articles have been written in the past ten years on the changes that occurred in Baptist foreign missions work during the twentieth century. Thomas, T Mar 22, 2006 3721
Baptist missions in recent decades: patterns in Laity involvement, particularly among the younger generation. Gourley, Bruce Mar 22, 2006 3806
The future of Baptists and missions: what is the missions future for Baptists? The question is more than a rhetorical one or the speculation of an academician. Stroope, Mike W. Mar 22, 2006 4025
Do we hate back? This gay ex-Baptist rejects moderation and advises a simple strategy against the far right: stay angry. Shores, Del Mar 14, 2006 603
Blues and Lamentations. Collum, Danny Duncan Brief article Feb 1, 2006 334
The Baptist light: free and fragile: in March 1993 the "Storm of the Century" inundated the Deep South. In a region where a dozen or so snowflakes in mid-air can lead to massive school closings, an inch has been known to bring all movement to a grinding halt. Gourley, Bruce Jan 1, 2006 674
Angelina B. Buensuceso: harbinger of Baptist ordination of women in the Philippines: in 1934, a seventeen-year-old student named Angelina Belluga enrolled in the Baptist Missionary Training School (BMTS) in Iloilo City on Panay Island in the Philippines. Romarate-Knipel, Carla Gay A. Jan 1, 2006 3791
English Baptist women under persecution (1660-1688): a study of social conformity and dissent: the Baptist denomination in England experienced tremendous growth during the seventeenth century despite much opposition (1). Timmer, Kirsten Thea Jan 1, 2006 4885
Canadian Baptist mission work among women in Andhra, India, 1874-1924: Baptist women evolved a role for themselves in an otherwise male-dominated mission enterprise and a patriarchal Telugu society. Elisha, James Jan 1, 2006 4835
Baptist women deacons and deaconesses: key developments and trends, 1609-2005: "Baptist women deacons and deaconesses: key developments and trends, 1609-2005" is a big topic. It covers four centuries. It spans international boundaries. It exhibits considerable conflict. Deweese, Charles W. Jun 22, 2005 5484
Sallie Rochester Ford: fiction, faith, and femininity: nineteenth-century Baptists offered two general, and different, cultural messages to women within the church regarding social expectations. Traylor, Richard Jun 22, 2005 3451
Baptist women in America: in various times in Baptist history in America, women have served as church planters, missionaries, mission organization leaders, deaconesses, deacons, worship leaders, preachers, exhorters, and spiritual advisors. Durso, Pamela R. Editorial Jun 22, 2005 480
What were Baptists in America like 200 years ago? One of the best places to go to answer the question is to David Benedict's (1779-1874) fifty years among the Baptists. Shurden, Walter B. Jun 22, 2005 581
Baptist women walking together in America, 1950-2000: when did you become captivated by the study of history? I was born in a twin-city area of North Louisiana, behind the First Baptist Church of one of the twin communities and around the corner from a school where I studied American history under a rare phenomenon, a seventh-grade teacher with a Ph.D. in history. Anders, Sarah Frances Jun 22, 2005 2955
Chosen by God: women pastors on the frontiers of the seventh day baptist denomination: we sat in the warm July sunshine, taking a break from the afternoon camp activities. Suddenly Courtney swung her body around and looked across the picnic table at me. She had just heard another adult address me. Bancroft, Patricia A. Jun 22, 2005 3522
Keep your hand on the plow--hold on: black Baptist women in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: as I look about me today in this veiled world of mine, despite the noisier and more spectacular advance of my brothers, I instinctively feel and know that it is the five million women of my race who really count. Smoot, Pamela A. Jun 22, 2005 4536
Black Baptist women and the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1963: historians and journalists during and immediately after the Civil Rights Movement emphasized the role of religion in the movement. They showed how the black church and its leaders provided the charisma, finance, inspiration, spiritual nurture, and the foot soldiers that made the movement successful. Fallin, Wilson, Jr. Jun 22, 2005 3135
African American Baptist women: a study of missions in African American churches in Atlanta, Georgia: the missionary service of African American women has long mirrored their role in the family. Over the years, they have played a major role in keeping the family unit together in spite of great challenges, including slavery and subsequent prejudices. Henderson, Jaquelyn S. Jun 22, 2005 2910
Remember that you were slaves Deuteronomy 5:15, 15:15, 16:12, 24:18, 22: winning sermon in the 2005 Baptist heritage preaching contest: when we celebrate the Fourth of July, we are reminding ourselves as Americans that we have not always been free. Hollaway, Steve Jun 22, 2005 2580
Pandemonium in court. Henderson, Michael Apr 1, 2005 640
A look at Baptist preaching: past, present, and future. Bugg, Charles B. Mar 22, 2005 3809
John A. Broadus: shaper of Baptist preaching. McKibbens, Thomas R., Jr. Mar 22, 2005 2404
Confessions of a novice Baptist preacher. Shelton, Sarah Jackson Mar 22, 2005 1483
Confessions of a Vietnamese Baptist preacher. Durso, Pamela R. Mar 22, 2005 1396
Confessions of a bi-vocational Baptist preacher. Thompson, M. Greg Mar 22, 2005 1580
Over troubled waters: Baptist preachers who were bridge builders. McKibbens, Thomas R., Jr. Mar 22, 2005 2231
The unlikely argument of a Baptist fundamentalist: John Roach Straton's defense of women in the pulpit. Canipe, Lee Mar 22, 2005 4765
Like a wildfire: the growth of Virginia Baptists between 1765 and 1774. Nixon, John Ashley Mar 22, 2005 3416
The effect and implications of the theology of Elder Reuben Ross on Baptist life. Mohon, Timothy Mar 22, 2005 3970
The power of Baptist origins: a little Baptist church in the Appalachian Mountains gave me my basic spiritual education until I went to college. Deweese, Charles W. Jan 1, 2005 575
Who and where in the world are the Baptists? When the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) was founded in London, England, in 1905, seven million Baptists lived throughout the world. As we enter 2005, our centennial year, 48 million baptized believers are members of Baptist churches (1). Lotz, Denton Jan 1, 2005 5494
Against all odds: the fire shut up in the bones of L. Venchael Booth, founder of the progressive National Baptist Convention: intellectual integrity mandates a disclaimer at the outset. The disclaimer is that I do not come to this subject matter without bias. L. Venchael Booth was my father. Booth, William D. Biography Jan 1, 2005 4113
Seventh Day Baptists: a microcosm of Baptist history: some people like to stand on the shore of an ocean and see the magnitude of God's creation. Some prefer to use the same ocean to travel beyond that which is known to them. Still others like to play in the surf, even swimming against the tide or trusting in its buoyancy to carry their bodies to the safety of the shore. Sanford, Don Jan 1, 2005 3918
The International Baptist Seminary: a Baptist attempt at Americanization, education, and missions in East Orange, New Jersey: Ethnicity is an important part of American and Baptist history. Essick, John D. Jan 1, 2005 2718
John Leland: evolving views of slavery, 1789-1839: in 1789, the General Committee of Virginia Baptists turned to Massachusetts native John Leland to craft a statement concerning slavery. Gourley, Bruce Biography Jan 1, 2005 5350
Baptists in the Northwest. Durso, Pamela R. Jun 22, 2004 564
Baptist beginnings in the Pacific Northwest. Kuykendall, Michael Jun 22, 2004 2004
An overview of Northwest Baptist history. Sims, Cecil C. Jun 22, 2004 2097
Recovering a missing trail in Canadian Baptist footprints in the Northwest: stories of Chinese Baptists in Western Canada. Chan, Chung-Yan Joyce Jun 22, 2004 6050
A new paradigm in Japanese ministry: God at work through Southern Baptists in the Pacific Northwest. Yokoi, Michitsugu Jun 22, 2004 1890
Resources for the study of Baptists in the Northwest in the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. Sumners, Bill Jun 22, 2004 1477
Faith on the run: why I'm still a Baptist. Sehested, Ken Jun 22, 2004 1940
Israel S. Campbell: "the Father of Black Texas Baptists". Early, Joe, Jr. Jun 22, 2004 1563
Baptists to skip school. Clayworth, Jason Brief Article Jun 22, 2004 138
Youth for Calvin: reformed theology and baptist collegians: a few years ago a fellow employee at a Baptist college decided to enter the pastorate. He gave me a copy of his resume and asked that I look it over (1). Finn, Nathan A. Mar 22, 2004 6136
Traditional Baptists and Calvinism: if we are not Calvinists, what shall we call ourselves? Arminians does not describe us accurately, and many Baptists think Arminians are people from Armenia. Non-Calvinistic Baptists is negative. Humphreys, Fisher Mar 22, 2004 1626
Baptists and "Calvinism": discerning the shape of the question: Baptists and "Calvinism" is an important topic. Much is at stake, if for no other reason than it concerns yet another fault line through Christ's people, sadly divided in their endeavor to be faithful. Thompson, Philip E. Mar 22, 2004 6665
William Evander Penn: Texas Baptist evangelist. Linder, J. Michael Biography Jun 22, 2003 2110
Awards presented. Brief Article Jun 22, 2003 143
Faith first. Bowman, Kate Brief Article May 1, 2003 35
Baptist-Jewish relations. (Editorial). Hawkins, Merrill M., Jr. Mar 22, 2003 565
Christian ecumenism and Judeo-Baptist relations in Savannah, Georgia. Shriver, George H. Mar 22, 2003 4467
Understanding Romans 11:26: Baptist perspectives. Ziglar, Toby Mar 22, 2003 5100
Southern Baptists abroad: sharing the faith in nineteenth-century Brazil. Cavalcanti, H.B. Mar 22, 2003 6184
Southern social justice: Brooks Hays and the little rock school crisis. Goddard, Terry D. Mar 22, 2003 6688
The Newport Collection (1766): the First Baptist hymnal in America. Music, David W. Mar 22, 2003 7866
Kentucky seminary holds inaugural convocation. (News Notes). Brief Article Mar 22, 2003 73
Future annual meetings of the BH&HS. (News Notes). Brief Article Mar 22, 2003 51
The Baptist soul. (An Executive Note). Deweese, Charles W. Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 520
The saint's suitor: Crawford H. Toy (1). Kent, Dan Gentry Critical Essay Jan 1, 2003 4589
Repeating history. Bellinger, W.H., Jr. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2003 6221
The biblical theology of H. H. Rowley, 1890-1969. Clements, Ronald E. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2003 9661
Pam Durso new associate director. Jan 1, 2003 538
John Richard Sampey: shoulders on which to stand. deClaisse-Walford, Nancy L. Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 5335
Page H. Kelley: Old Testament scholar and devoted Baptist. Mynatt, Daniel S. Critical Essay Jan 1, 2003 3641
Round two, volume one: the Broadman commentary controversy. Faught, Jerry, II Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 7160
Annual meeting 2003. (News Notes). Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 171
Future annual meetings. (News Notes). Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 49
Distinguished Service Award nominations 2003. (News Notes). Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 64
Annual state reports. (News Notes). Brief Article Jan 1, 2003 86
Baptists in Appalachia. Leonard, Bill J. Jun 22, 2002 6256
New collections related to Baptist missions in Italy opened in the Southern Baptist historical library and archives. (News Notes). Brief Article Jun 22, 2002 78
What "Being Baptist" meant for Southern Baptists during World War II. Shurden, Walter B. Jun 22, 2001 7586
Freedom for and freedom from: Baptists, religious liberty, and World War II. Creed, J. Bradley Jun 22, 2001 5868
Signs of peace and sanity: Baptist women and World War II. Beck, Rosalie Jun 22, 2001 4630
Baptists in Florida during World War II (1). Rathel, Mark Jun 22, 2001 2131
Alabama Baptists and the Second World War. Flynt, Wayne Jun 22, 2001 2999
Baptists in Arizona during World War II. Kent, Nelda Jun 22, 2001 1538
Baptists, music, and World War II. Reynolds, William J. Jun 22, 2001 4914
Harry Truman as Baptist president. Stassen, Glen Harold Jun 22, 1999 5125
Baptist history in the twenty-first century: dreams and visions. Yarbrough, Slayden A. Jun 22, 1999 4783

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