by Daniel Schweissing | May 4, 2018 | Opinion
Interfaith cooperation was the last thing on my mind. Having grown up in a conservative Baptist church, studied in an evangelical seminary and served as an American Baptist missionary in the predominantly Christian countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, I...
by Mitch Randall | May 3, 2018 | Opinion
Genesis details the family origins of Abraham and his sons. After receiving a promise from Yahweh, Abraham bore his first son through Sarah’s Egyptian servant, Hagar. Hagar’s son was named Ishmael. Years later, Sarah bore Abraham a second son, Isaac....
by Carol Stagner | May 3, 2018 | Opinion
My interfaith journey began early one August morning as my new kindergarten students entered my classroom. Some came in eagerly, some were shy and a few shed a tear or two. The room filled with parents who were also eager, shy and shedding tears. One little girl with...
by Drew Herring | May 2, 2018 | Opinion
How do you begin conversations with parishioners and neighbors at home whose minds seemed closed by negative stereotypes of Islam? We Baptists wondered this aloud as we left the third national Baptist-Muslim Dialogue in Green Lake, Wisconsin. We spoke at length about...
by Jonathan Davis | May 2, 2018 | Opinion
I had no idea what to expect when I got off the plane in Wisconsin for the third national Baptist-Muslim Dialogue. I was honored to have been asked to represent a delegation of Baptists for this historic meeting held on April 16-19. After the meeting, I remain...
