by Brian Kaylor | Jul 17, 2020 | Opinion
Last August, I stood in the pulpit of the church I attend and announced that four of the congregation’s first seven pastors were slaveholders. Audible gasps filled the air. And that’s when I realized just how much we needed an honest airing of our past. In a July 13...
by Charles Foster Johnson | Aug 20, 2010 | Opinion
Editor’s note: See Brian Kaylor’s story, “Ken Starr Joins Baptist Church – Without Attending” Jana and I recently joined First Baptist Church of Desdemona, our small ranching community about 90 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Texas. We accepted...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 13, 2010 | News
Ken Starr, the new president of Baylor University, recently joined a Baptist church without even being present for the service. Starr, whose background is in the Church of Christ, promised to join a Baptist church once he became president of the large Baptist...
by William Brackney | Apr 5, 2010 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series. Judge Ken Starr has not been noticeable in the Baptist community. From his youth, he has been a part of the Churches of Christ, a historic adversary tradition, particularly to Texas Baptists (Baptists...
by William Brackney | Apr 4, 2010 | Opinion
The influence of organized evangelicals on Baptists in recent decades has been significant. Take the case of Baylor University since the days of Robert Sloan. President Sloan, reared a Southern (read “Texas”) Baptist in an era of transition, was...