A recent New York Times opinion piece titled “The Urgent Supreme Court Case That’s Not Getting Enough Attention,” penned by Linda Greenhouse, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, longtime U.S. Supreme Court reporter, has a headline that should arrest the reader’s attention because it is, if anything, an understatement... read more

This past Christmas was truly memorable as my wife Tera and I welcomed our children, their spouses and our five grandchildren into our home in Georgia, with the last of them leaving on Christmas Day. The following morning, we continued packing, and I spent my first night at the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina’s (BCH) Mills Home campus on Dec... read more

Baptists seldom go through the effort of preparing a confession of faith unless pressured or prodded, which may explain why the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) waited 80 years to adopt one.  In the mid-19th century, pressure began mounting, which developed into what became known as the Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy in the early 20th century... read more

In a time when financial fraud and wasteful spending is making headlines, the call for transparency and accountability has never been more urgent. And while most churches don’t struggle with fraud or outright theft, many do suffer from poor financial accountability... read more