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Lord, Revive Us Again!

Around October of last year, I sensed the Lord stirring my heart to focus on impending revival. As I searched the Scripture and church...

All Things New!

Happy New Year! 2022 has just dawned and for many there is both excitement and expectation for what this new year may hold. There is also...

The Collective Work of Worship

Dr. CJ Rhodes Liturgical is a word that you won’t hear much about in many Black Baptist churches, except for those churches that have a...

The Spirit-Filled Life of Early Baptists

The Spirit-Filled Life of Early Baptists Dr. Christopher L. Schelin A common story told about and among Baptists is that we have ignored...

Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship as a Force for Social Justice

By Pastor John Faison [excerpted and edited from the Introduction chapter of his DMin dissertation] The Full Gospel Baptist Church...

So Many Tears: The Lament Psalms of Hip-Hop

So Many Tears: The Lament Psalms of Hip-Hop By Pastor Brandon Lacey, Sr. The Book of Lamentations was written by Jeremiah in response to...

Why Healing Ministry is for Baptists Too

Greater Works: The need for the Church to continue the Lord's ministry of healing hearts Acts 10:36-38, John 14:12 By Pastor Tremaine...

Beware the Anti-Anti-Racist Evangelical Complex

David Bumgardner David Bumgardner takes Southern Baptist academics Andrew Walker and Al Mohler to task on their recent comments about...

To Be Continued: A Defense of the Continuation of All the Gifts of the Spirit

(Excerpt from “Gifts and Guardrails: The Choice to be Spiritually Gifted and not Dangerously Gullible) by Isaiah Robertson There are two...

In Power to Empower: How Pastors in the Black Baptist Church Tradition Should View the Laity

by Pastor Vinton Copeland Philippi Baptist Church of Tippleton, Georgia used to be the hottest church in its community. People would come...

Introducing the Word and Spirit Baptist Alliance

Several years ago, I served on a panel at our state Baptist convention annual session. The panelists were discussing “Bapticostalism”...

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