Mainstream gets under way in N.C.
Pastors who say they want to preserve historic Baptist principles and to protect the Baptist State Convention and its institutions have taken steps toward formation of "Mainstream Baptists of North Carolina." ... (Read the story)

Pastor wants WFU out of constitution
A N.C. pastor will attempt again next month to cut the Baptist State Convention's ties to Wake Forest University. ... (Read the story)

CBF adopts statement on homosexuality
The Coordinating Council of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has approved an "organizational value" that puts the nearly decade-old, denominational-like organization on record as unwilling to provide funding for partnering institutions or agencies that "condone, advocate or affirm homosexual practice." ... (Read the story)

Jimmy Carter renounces Southern Baptist ties
Former President Jimmy Carter, Southern Baptists' most famous layman, says he feels "excluded" by the Southern Baptist Convention and "can no longer be associated" with the nation's largest Protestant denomination. ... (Read the story)