Baptists Have Mixed Record on Defending Human Rights

Baptists Have Mixed Record on Defending Human Rights

In an interview with EthicsDaily.com in 2012, the late and much respected Baptist scholar, Glen Stassen, said, “The first comprehensive doctrine of human rights in history was written by a Baptist, Richard Overton. He was part of the [John] Smyth group that joined the...

Amid Poverty, Egypt’s Baptist Churches Growing

The land of Egypt is a powerful symbol in the Bible of the liberation of God’s people from slavery and the journey to the Promised Land, in what we call the Exodus. Egypt also has its place in the Christmas story. To escape the murderous intent of Herod, the...

Baptists Championed Religious Freedom for Everyone

The splendid surroundings of the Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster in London were the backdrop for the launch of a report by the United Kingdom All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. I represented the...