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During the nineteenth century, the knitting machines that were used to produce socks, gloves, mittens, and other textile goods were crude devices with limited capabilities--until an invention by a Baptist [...]

The article discusses Baptist minister Rick Warren. His political activity, religious leanings, and goals for the U.S. are discussed. His Global Peace Plan is also mentioned, which is a program with the goal of empowering churches to handle health care, literacy, leadership training, and economic development. Warren's August 2008 meeting with the 2008 presumptive U.S. presidential candidates will give them an opportunity to discuss their views on issues including poverty and human rights.

The article discusses former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee who is running in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Huckabee is positioning himself as a regular guy alternative to the other Republican candidates. Huckabee is slowly gaining in the polls leading up to the Iowa primary. Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and doesn't believe in evolution.

Focuses on social conditions of the people living in highland regions of the U.S. Religious beliefs of the people; Significance of the Bible for the people; Decline in the Catholicism of Americans; Methods used by clergy for preaching; Beliefs of the Old Regular Baptists; Belief of a preacher that the Holy Spirit will put the right words into his mouth; Emphasis on school education laid down by North Carolina and South Carolina; Increase in the salaries of teachers; Comments of the people of Appalachia, on the American participation in the World War I; Plans of social and economic development of these regions.

The article profiles several leading Southern Baptist ministers in the U.S. Baptist ministers include Wallie Criswell, the pastor of Dallas' First Baptist Church, Ramsey Pollard, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Carlyle Marney, the fiery minister of the Charlotte Myers Park Baptist Church. It presents some basic Baptist tenets such as the supreme authority of Scripture, baptism by immersion, and the autonomy of the individual soul before God.

The article focuses on televangelists and discusses the works of the American evangelist Billy Graham. Topics discussed include Graham's career as a clergyman, establishment of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Graham's role as a Baptist, his lessons for preachers which include presenting God's words at the pulpit.

This study is a historical recovery of the theological contributions of mathematician Georg Cantor (1845-1918). I argue that Cantor's mathematical work with the actually infinite led him to epistemological conclusions about God that are analogous to the conclusions drawn by Catholic theologian Erich Przywara (1889-1972) with his analogia entis, or analogy of being. Based on the connection I draw between their works, I further argue that Cantor's work with the mathematically infinite is useful for informing a debate over the validity of the analogia entis begun in the twentieth century between Erich Przywara and Reformed theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) and that continues into modern theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preachers/pastors have been trained to exegete a Scripture passage, but many have received little training in the exegesis of their congregation, local community, or dominant culture. Due to this inadequacy in training, twenty-first century preaching many times feels disconnected. It may not speak effectively to the listeners of the day. This gap in the inability to interpret the culture must change for preachers to experience homiletic growth. The purpose of this project is to implement a training model for the preachers in and around the Corsicana Baptist Association to increase the capacity and proclivity of preachers to preach in a more culturally-conscious fashion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This project addressed the need to appropriately address substance addicts and abusers among members at First Baptist Church, Mathis TX. This intervention sought to develop a program that will increase First Baptist Church's understanding of addiction and abuse, raise alertness to addicts and abusers, and move them to assist an addict or abuser towards recovery in appropriate ways. This was a qualitative, multiple case study of five members of FBC Mathis. The intervention lasted five weeks with one group session per week in the fellowship hall of the church. The group sessions consisted of scripture discussions led by the researcher, round-table discussions of case studies, and dialogue with recovering addicts and practitioners in the field of addiction recovery. The intervention also consisted of pre-intervention interviews, post-intervention interviews, guided journals, and the researcher's observation of the participants during the sessions. The research findings show that the participants were moved to minister to substance addicts and abusers when they were exposed to the world of addicts and abusers and learned how they can help one achieve recovery. Also, the participants became better prepared to help an addict or abuser as they discussed this ministry among themselves and with the guest practitioners. Furthermore, as the participants discussed this ministry, desire for ministry partnership developed among the participants and with recovery ministries and organizations represented at the sessions. It was hoped that this intervention would lay a foundation for further ministry to substance addicts and abusers at FBC Mathis. It is also hoped that the findings of this research can benefit other churches seeking to minister to addicts and abusers in their communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pastors and Texas Baptist congregations need more training in order to promote the gospel across cultural and racial lines. There is a need for pastors and congregations to engage in cross-cultural ministry in order to counter racialization among Texas Baptist churches. The purpose of this project is to design and to implement a biblical vision for Agape Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas which addresses the process by which people of different ethnicities and languages move from being guests to spiritual friends. The implementation of this project included the development of a congregationally-based, cross-cultural vision team, congregational awareness and education concerning racialization, and preaching that addresses the topic of racialization, based specifically on Acts 6: 1-6 and Ephesians 2: 11-22. The vision team developed and implemented steps for overcoming racialization in Agape's Bible study program and in the church's leadership structure. Also, the vision team worked with the Pastor of Preaching and Pastoral Care in developing a sermon series about the implementation of the vision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Haddon Robinson's Big Idea approach to preaching centers on the meaning of a whole preaching passage. But what is the larger context of the big idea? It is the bigger idea or theme of the book in which the passage is found. This thesis-project provides a preaching series on the book of Philippians. It will be used as a case study to show preachers the value of connecting the ideas of individual passages in a book to the book's bigger idea. Preachers who champion the big idea approach to preaching will find a larger context in which to better understand the big idea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This thesis examines the usefulness of intentional connections with our ecclesial history for the purpose of sparking revival and renewal in Baptist congregations. The project initially presents the growing identity crisis facing Baptists and the causes behind the crisis. The convictions that distinguish Baptists from other congregations, if not appropriately practiced and passed on, threaten to continue eroding Baptist foundations indefinitely. By looking at the ministry of Isaac Backus, this project will propose that pursuing historical connections is both consistent with Baptist distinctives and thoroughly biblical. When these connections are promoted appropriately they offer the possibility of sustained ministry from generation to generation that is solidly orthodox in theology and increasingly zealous in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This thesis examines the beginning of the Baptist movement in colonial North Carolina, with particular emphasis upon the Separate Baptist movement under the leadership of the Reverend Shubal Steams. This thesis too recounts the political, social, and religious tensions that existed in pre-Revolutionary North Carolina and examines the role that the Regulator movement and the Battle of Alamance would play in stifling the evangelistic efforts of the Separate Baptists in the frontier regions of the colony during that period. This thesis argues that the Separate Baptist movement in the South (the precursor of the Southern Baptist Convention) was birthed through the revivalist efforts of Shubal Steams. It further argues that the previously mentioned tensions, which led to the Battle of Alamance, would result in the Anglican-controlled provincial government's destructive pillaging of the heavily occupied Baptist frontier region thereby impeding the Separate Baptist movement in North Carolina. The thesis further argues that this devastating aftermath of the Separate Baptists would contribute to a confluence of remaining Baptist groups into the moderated-Calvinist movement that the Southern Baptist Convention is today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this project is to develop a strategy that will enable First Baptist Church, Bemis, in Jackson, Tennessee, to reclaim members who have become chronically inactive. The process of development will include the creation of a leadership team that will be involved throughout the process of research, planning, development, and the initial stage of implementation. The initial stage of implementation in regard to this project will be to present the strategy to the deacon body for their consideration. The rejection or approval of the strategy will not determine the success of the project. The goal is to develop the strategy and present it to the church, through the proper channels, for vote. Approval or rejection is beyond the scope of this project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this project was to equip selected members of Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church, Shelbyville, Tennessee, in personal evangelism skills. The project began with the project director's research in the field of personal evangelism. The project director utilized the research to develop teaching plans and conduct a workshop in order to equip selected members in personal evangelism skills. The project concluded with the project director's evaluation of a post-test and two evangelism encounters by the selected members of Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church, Shelbyville, Tennessee. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this project was to equip selected members in the Santa Fe River Baptist Association, High Springs, Florida in marketplace evangelism skills. The Project Director utilized the Equipping Program to design this project. The Project Director developed and analyzed a survey on marketplace evangelism, developed a curriculum, and trained selected members in marketplace evangelism skills. Eva Copeland, principal of Alachua Elementary School, evaluated the curriculum. Additionally, the Project Director compiled a list of evangelistic materials and developed a grid that helped him determined which skills development were most effective in marketplace evangelism. The Project Director used the survey to develop a pretest and a post-test for selected members. In addition, the Project Director developed an annotated bibliography from books, dissertations, electronic sources, and periodicals which enhanced his effectiveness in marketplace evangelism. Dr. Jeff Hessinger, Team Strategist, Personal Evangelism Team of the Evangelism Group, Florida Baptist Convention, evaluated the annotated bibliography and list of skill developments. The three primary methods of evaluation included a self-evaluation, an expert evaluation, and a peer evaluation. The Project Director designed the evaluation methods and assessed his ability to develop a curriculum and to train selected members in marketplace evangelism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this project was to equip selected young adult leaders at New Hope Baptist Church, Fayetteville, Georgia in relational discipleship. The project director has researched resources in the field of relational discipleship and developed an annotated bibliography and a teaching standard with the help of experts in the field of relational discipleship. The project director evaluated an ongoing progressive, relational discipleship process implemented in a local church via a partnership between Worldwide Discipleship Association (WDA) and New Hope Baptist Church of Fayetteville, GA. The project director, targeting a select group of young adult leaders and using resources developed by WDA, presented a philosophical and practical overview of a relational discipleship paradigm through a two-day workshop. Also, the project director implemented a segment of a focused equipping and emotional model for ministry process by using a three to five-month training curriculum and experience. In addition, the project director administered an assessment (pre-test/post-test) that indicated improvement in one's spiritual growth and maturity in a targeted group of young adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the nine years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans have been subjected to a great deal of 'spin' from the political elites and the media regarding [...]

The article discusses the political career of Mike Huckabee, who is a former Baptist minister, politically conservative, and former governor of Arkansas. A trip that Huckabee and country singer Pat Boone took to Israel and the chance that Huckabee may campaign for the U.S. presidency as a Republican candidate in 2012 are discussed. Huckabee's views on the Arab-Israel conflict, his program on the Fox News channel, and Huckabee's religious beliefs are discussed.

The article discusses Malawian revolutionary and Baptist minister John Nkologo Chilembwe, notable for his organization of the John Chilembwe Rising against British colonial rule in Malawi. It considers historical sources related to Chilembwe's life including a 1910 letter published in the February 18, 1911 issue of "The Graphic" of London, England; a circa 1906 photograph of Chilembwe overseeing a baptism; and a 1900 letter written to the the National Baptist Convention published in its periodical "The Mission Herald."

The article profiles Tommy Douglas, a Scot who became one of the most famous Canadian of all time in 2004. He was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1904 and moved to Canada because he did not like the class system in his country. He began preaching as a Baptist minister in Weyburn, Saskatchewan after graduating at the McMaster University. He became the leader of the first socialist government to have been in power in North America in Saskatchewan on June 15, 1944. He retired from politics in 1978 and died from cancer in 1986 at the age of 81.