Baptist Without An Adjective

Terrell Carter, an author, pastor, and ministry leader, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about issues of race and policing. A former police officer and an African American man, Carter today serves as vice president of community life and chief diversity officer at Greenville University in Greenville, Illinois; community team leader for Churchnet; pastor of Webster Groves Baptist Church in Webster Groves, Missouri; and columnist for Word&Way. He recently published some YouTube videos on race and policing.

(This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

Musician Ken Medema talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his music and concern for justice. He also talks about his weekly live concerts on his Facebook page on Wednesdays amid coronavirus.

(This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

Author and retired professor Tony Campolo talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the need for economic, environmental, and other systemic changes in light of the coronavirus pandemic. He also discusses the Red Letter Christians movement and the importance of a gospel that merges evangelism and social justice.

(This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

Melissa Rogers, former executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Barack Obama, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about current church-state issues. Topics include coronavirus church restrictions, government rules related to religious liberty, a recent Supreme Court hearing, and more. She also talks about her new book, Faith in American Public Life.

(This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

This episode features a sermon by Paul Msiza, president of the Baptist World Alliance, on the theme "Hope Overflowing." He delivered this sermon for the virtual Churchnet spring gathering. In his remarks, Msiza talks not only about where we get our hope but also how that should impact how Christians engage in society and politics. He includes lessons he learned growing up as a black man in Apartheid in South Africa. Hear more from Msiza in episode 65 and episode 66.

(This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

Elijah Brown, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of the BWA in response to the global coronavirus pandemic. He also announces a new global initiative for Pentecost weekend. Hear more from Brown in episode 1 and episode 72.

(This episode is sponsored in part by Churchnet and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

John Schmalzbauer, professor and Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about how churches and government leaders responded during the 1918 flu pandemic. He also connects the 1918 responses to current efforts to flatten the curve of the coronavirus outbreak.

(This episode is sponsored in part by Churchnet and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

Joey Hernandez Guilarte, pastor of Sexta Iglesia Bautista (Sixth Baptist Church) in Santiago de Cuba, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about ministering while stranded in Guyana because of travel restrictions over coronavirus concerns. He also talks about the impact of coronavirus on Cuba. Hear a previous interview with Hernandez in episode 102.

(This episode is sponsored in part by Churchnet and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)

This bonus episode features a report by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about religious exemptions in state restrictions designed to stop the spread of coronavirus. In addition to providing information from several states, it includes clips from Missouri Governor Mike Parson as he changed his approach on religious exemption after Kaylor called on the governor to change the state's approach.

Hanna Massad, who leads Mission to Gaza, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the impact of coronavirus on Baptists and others in Gaza. He also talks about the impact in Jordan, where he was just weeks ago. Massad previously authored the book Pastor from Gaza.

(This episode is sponsored in part by Churchnet and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.)