George Mano
George Mamo is the executive vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and executive director of Stand for Israel, an IFCJ project.
Faith: Baptist/Southern Baptist
“Why Christians must keep Israel strong”
Interview with Southern Baptist leader Richard Land where Land explains the motivation behind evangelical Christian support of Jews and Israel.
Henry P. Sims
Henry P. “Hank” Sims is a professor of leadership and management at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. He has done research on leadership and teamwork and can speak about how relief organizations, including faith-based groups, respond to disasters.
“Despite Katrina, Summertime Church Tradition Continues”
Read a June 26, 2006, story from WLOX television about how First Baptist Church of Pass Christian, Miss., is managing to hold Vacation Bible School this summer in a trailer with help from a Baptist church in Florida.
Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists
The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) is a group of congregations, organizations and individual Baptists that support the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the Baptist faith.
Marty Duren
Marty Duren is a pastor of New Bethany Baptist Church in Buford, Ga., and a Southern Baptist author of the Kingdom in the Midst blog. He considers himself a “bedrock theological conservative” but has said that at Baptist meetings he feels “like a stranger in a strange land.” On his blog he has said that […]
Paul J. Dean
Paul J. Dean is the pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Greer, S.C., and is a prominent radio host and commentator on conservative Christian activities. Dean wrote a January 2008 essay on Crosswalk.com titled “Cultural Engagement: Every Christian’s Obligation.”
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is a former president of the United States and a Southern Baptist. In his book, Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis, he writes of an “unapologetic crusade underway to merge fundamentalist Christians with the right wing of the Republican Party.” Contact through Tony Clark at the Carter Presidential Library.
“The Evangelical Crackup”
Read “The Evangelical Crackup,” an Oct. 28, 2007, story in The New York Times Magazine about the travails of the Christian right during the election season.