Baptist Without An Adjective

This episode features an "Angela Project" prayer service held in July during the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in the Bahamas. Leaders during the service included Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor, Kasey Jones and Paul Baxley of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Starlette Thomas of the D.C. Baptist Convention, and Forrest Harris of American Baptist College. The service came from a prayer guide created by Simmons College of Kentucky to lead up to the 400th anniversary, on August 20, of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what is now the United States.

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

Timothy Stewart, president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and pastor of the oldest Baptist church in the Bahamas, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work and heritage of the PNBC. He also discusses Baptist history in the Bahamas and current concerns for the people in the nation. This interview occurred in the Bahamas during the 2019 annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance.

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

Charles Foster Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about how churches can minister to local schools. He also discusses how advocacy is part of our ministry and how pastors in other states can start their own Pastors for Children group.

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

This episode features remarks by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the importance of press freedom. He offered these thoughts during a workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly in Birmingham, Ala. The workshop, called "Press Freedom as Religious Freedom," also included panelists Mitch Randall of EthicsDaily.com and David Wilkinson of Baptist News Global.

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

Hannah McMahan King, co-executive director of the New Baptist Covenant, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of the NBC in bringing churches together across racial and denominational lines. She also discusses the problem of white churches not dealing with injustices of the past and her research into the impact of Christianity on the lynching culture.

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

Joe Phelps, a longtime Baptist pastor and co-chair of EmpowerWest in Louisville, Ky., talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about how he came to understand his white privilege. He also discusses the work of EmpowerWest on urging Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to pay reparations for slavery. This interview occurred after Phelps spoke at the "Angela Project" gathering in Birmingham, Ala., to recognize the upcoming 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to what is now the United States.

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

Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of Kentucky and senior pastor at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the racial wealth gap, repentance, and reparations. He also talks directly during the episode to Al Mohler of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and urges Christians to buy the devotional book 40 Days of Liberation for the American Descendants of Slavery.

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

Chris Sanders, coordinator for EmpowerWest, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of EmpowerWest and the Angela Project. He also discusses the racial wealth gap, repentance, and reparations.

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

This bonus episode features a sermon by Paul Baxley, executive coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, last month at First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, Mo. Hear his interview with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor in episode 77.

Paul Baxley, executive coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his faith journey and vision for CBF. He also discusses current issues facing Baptists — and reveals what instrument he can play!

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