Baptist Without An Adjective

Sharon & Dan Buttry, global consultants with American Baptist Churches USA's International Ministries, talk with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor. This interview occurred on the campus of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kan., which this year launched the Buttry Center for Peace and Nonviolence. In this interview, the Buttrys talk about their work in the U.S. and around the world, conflict transformation training, and peacebuilding and reconciliation as a calling for Christians. Check out their website: globalpeacewarriors.org. 

(This episode is presented in partnership with Do Justice '18 and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

C. Pat Taylor, retiring president of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor. Taylor's tenure as president ends on August 31 after leading SBU for 22 years. In part two of this two-part interview, he talks about his legacy, the biggest challenges he faced as president, why he thinks Christian higher education is important, and (kind of) who was his favorite student. (Part one of the interview was in episode 24.)

(This episode is presented in partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

C. Pat Taylor, retiring president of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor. Taylor's tenure as president ends on August 31 after leading SBU for 22 years. In part one of this two-part interview, he talks about the growth of the school, his legacy, and his late wife. He also offers his seven tips for fundraising. 

(Also, find a Word&Way editorial mentioned in the introduction here: Religious Liberty Requires a Free Press.)

Mitch Randall, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Zürich, Switzerland. Randall talks about the work of BCE and EthicsDaily.com, dialogue between Baptists and Muslims, immigration policies, learning from global Baptists, and more.

In this episode, Word&Way Editor & President reports on an emerging religious freedom problem in eastern Ukraine that threatens 43 Baptist churches. The episode includes background about the situation in the so-called Luhansk People's Republic and comments from two Ukrainian Baptists. The episode also lets listeners know what they can do to help. 

Christer Daelander, religious freedom representative for the European Baptist Federation, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Zürich, Switzerland. During that BWA gathering, Daelander received the BWA's 2018 Denton and Janice Lotz Annual Human Rights Award. In this episode, he talks about his work that won him that award, and he also notes how everyone can participate in advocating for religious freedom for all.

On July 24, Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., announced its 25th president: Eric Turner. This episode includes Turner's remarks at the announcement ceremony. Then, the episode includes Turner's first media interview as SBU president-elect, which was with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor. 

Thomas Klammt, consultant for integration and migration for the Union of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Zürich, Switzerland. In this episode, Klammt talks about how Baptists in Germany are ministering to refugees and how many refugees, especially those from Iran and Afghanistan, are coming to faith in Jesus.

Lee Spitzer, general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Zürich, Switzerland. In this episode, Spitzer talks about the work of ABCUSA, the BWA meeting and an open letter he wrote to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about children being separating from their parents at the border. He also talks about his book, Baptists, Jews and the Holocaust. 

At the start of the 2018 annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Zurich, Switzerland, Baptists from around the world trekked to a cave where early Anabaptists worshipped as they fled persecution in Zurich. This episode features highlights from that service, including historical reflection on the "cloud of witnesses" of the Anabaptists and the continued persecution today against believers who also flee to caves.