by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 2, 2014 | Opinion
It should come at no surprise that purging the Southern Baptist Convention of non-fundamentalists did not usher in the great wave of evangelistic growth promised by its leaders. The “takeover of the SBC” — not forgotten by the older crowd, and never...
by Elizabeth Bryant | Jan 19, 2012 | News
PARIS (RNS) A decade ago, Rene Lebouvier requested that his local Catholic church erase his name from the baptismal register. The church noted his demands on the margins of its records and the chapter was closed. But the clergy abuse scandals rocking Europe, coupled...
by Niels Sorrells | Aug 2, 2011 | News
BERLIN (RNS) For the first time since membership records have been kept, more Germans departed the Roman Catholic Church than were baptized into it in 2010, according to new data from Germany’s Catholic Conference of Bishops. The new statistics, which were released...
by Mark Woods | Feb 17, 2011 | Opinion
The number of members in our Baptist churches in Great Britain is down, but not by much. The number of baptisms is down, too, by rather more proportionately, but again not by much. Figures for children and young people, on the other hand, are up, so that’s good...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 24, 2009 | Opinion
I’ve been stewing over the proposed idea that Baptists should combat falling baptism numbers, at least in part, by having more children. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler has long blogged concerns about the trend toward fewer children...
