Bill Jones muses about Baptists, faith, ethics, justice, politics . . . and more
Joanna passed away four years ago today, at 1:16 a.m. on February 14, 2021. This anniversary is the culmination of my most painful two weeks of every year, as my memory relives those last two weeks spent with Joanna in the hospital, leading up to the night I lost the love of my life. Regardless Read more . . .
WEEKLY BAPTIST ROUNDUP from Bill Jones NEWS May 30 UPDATE: Supreme Court denies California church appeal as governor announces new guidelines for opening houses of worship (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) Southern Baptist leaders issue joint statement on the death of George Floyd (SBC Baptist Press) June 1 Discovery Team releases findings on powerful Read more . . .
WEEKLY BAPTIST ROUNDUP from Bill Jones NEWS May 30 UPDATE: Supreme Court denies California church appeal as governor announces new guidelines for opening houses of worship (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty) Southern Baptist leaders issue joint statement on the death of George Floyd (SBC Baptist Press) June 1 Discovery Team releases findings on powerful Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) Texas Baptists Committed – and I personally – owe some thank yous as we say goodbye. I know I’ll overlook someone, and I apologize for that, but I want to make my best effort to thank those who have played an especially significant role in Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) As this incredible part of my journey, as executive director of Texas Baptists Committed, comes to a close, I want to share with friends and TBC supporters a little about the faith journey that has led me to this point – or, more accurately, the Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) In the 1990s, David Currie and Texas Baptists Committed fought tooth-and-nail to keep Texas Baptists free to be faithful. As the Fundamentalists, in the late 1980s, neared their goal of achieving full control of the Southern Baptist Convention, they set their sights on the Baptist Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) Lawrence Ware, Baptist pastor and co-director of the Center for Africana Studies at Oklahoma State University, was deeply offended by the hesitancy of the voting delegates of the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution condemning the Alt-Right political movement with its racist, white supremacist ideology. After some Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) With this blog post, I am announcing that – after almost three decades – Texas Baptists Committed will cease operations at the end of July 2017. Our Board of Directors voted yesterday, Friday, July 7. In January 2016, the TBC Board and I convened a Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) As we approach the end of the active ministry of Texas Baptists Committed, it’s helpful to look at its history and recall its impact. For a detailed history of the origins of Texas Baptists Committed, I refer you to “The History of Baptists Committed,” by Jimmy Read more . . .
(Originally published on the Texas Baptists Committed blog at texasbaptistscommitted.blogspot.com.) Earlier this week, Baptist News Global published a column by CHUCK QUEEN, entitled, “Jesus is the gate. But are there others?” I always find Chuck Queen’s columns thought-provoking and enlightening, and this one was no different in that regard. Yet I also felt there was something lacking. For example, Read more . . .