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Baptist Without An Adjective
by Word&Way
Interviews with Baptists across denominational, ethnic, national, and ideological lines that too often divide us. "Baptist Without An Adjective" is a podcast from Word&Way and hosted by Brian Kaylor.
Episodes
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166. Nabeeh Abbassi of Jordan Baptist Convention
Nabeeh Abbassi, president of the Jordan Baptist Convention, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about the work of Baptists in his country and the biblical history there (like the baptism of Jesus). The conversation took place in Beirut, Lebanon, during a gathering to celebrate the work of...
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165. Asatur Nahapetyan of Armenia
Asatur Nahapetyanm, general secretary of the Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about the refugee crisis after war in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. He also discusses Armenia's history and the Baptist community there. Note…
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164. Jason Smith of the Baptist Peace Fellowship
Jason Smith, executive director of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about the work of BPFNA~Bautistas por la Paz. He also discusses visiting Cuba, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and why Baptists should care about peace. Note: Don't forget...
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163. Lee Spitzer on Sympathy, Solidarity, and Silence
Lee Spitzer, historian for the Baptist World Alliance and affiliate professor of church history at Northern Seminary in Chicago, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Sympathy, Solidarity, and Silence: Three European Baptist Responses to the Holocaust. He also discusses...
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162. Henryk Skrzypkowski on Ministering to Ukrainian Refugees
Henryk Skrzypkowski, a Baptist pastor in Chelm, Poland, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about the work of his church to help Ukrainian refugees. You can support the work through the Future Leadership Foundation or the European Baptist Federation. Note: Don't forget to check out our…
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161. Mateusz Wichary on Polish Baptists
Mateusz Wichary, a Baptist pastor in Warsaw, Poland, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about Baptists in Poland, history of that nation, and efforts to help Ukrainian refugees. He previously appeared on episode 10. You can support the work through the Future Leadership Foundation or the...
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160. Laura Levens on Dangerous Dogma
Check out an episode from our new podcast Dangerous Dogma. Laura Levens, assistant professor of Christian mission at the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about issues facing the Southern Baptist Convention this week in Nashville, Tennessee. She also…
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159. Stephen D. Jones on Galusha Anderson
Stephen D. Jones, co-pastor of First Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his book Galusha ... Crisis and Courage in a Civil War Pastor. He also discusses pastoral courage and ministering during coronavirus. (This episode is sponsored…
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158. Michel Picaud of Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris
Michel Picaud, president of Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the reconstruction efforts after the April 2019 fire that badly damaged the cathedral. He also discusses the cultural and spiritual impact of the fire. (This episode is sponsored…
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157. Terrell Carter on Taking Apart Bootstrap Theology
Terrell Carter, executive director of Rise Community Development and pastor of Webster Groves Baptist Church in Missouri, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his new book, Taking Apart Bootstrap Theology: Gospel of Generosity and Justice. He also discusses ministering during...
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156. Greg Mamula on Table Life
Greg Mamula, associate executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Nebraska, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his new book, Table Life: An Invitation to Everyday Discipleship. He also discusses ministry during the coronavirus pandemic. He previously appeared…
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155. Sharon & Dan Buttry on Daughters of Rizpah
Sharon and Dan Buttry talk with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about their new book Daughters of Rizpah: Nonviolence and the Transformation of Trauma. They discuss the story of Rizpah in 2 Samuel 21 and lessons from that story today about trauma, violence, and conflict transformation....
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154. Mark Wingfield of Baptist News Global
Mark Wingfield, executive director and publisher of Baptist News Global, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of BNG and Baptist journalism more generally. He also discusses the rhetoric of young White male Calvinist pastors on Twitter. (This episode is sponsored in...
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153. No Pandemic Privilege for Religion
This episode features testimony by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor before the Missouri Senate Health and Pensions Committee on Jan. 20. The hearing featured debate on several bills designed to limit government restrictions during a pandemic. Kaylor argued against three bills that would...
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152. Dwight McKissic on the SBC & Racism
Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about debates in Southern Baptist life over critical race theory. He also discusses honors to enslavers at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Al Mohler's support of...
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151. Robert P. Jones on White Too Long & the US Capitol Attack
Robert P. Jones, CEO of PRRI and author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his book and the legacy of racism in Baptist and other churches. He also discusses the mixing of Christian and White...
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150. Pamela Durso of Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Pamela Durso, president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kansas, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about CBTS where she started as president in June 2020. She also talks about higher education and ministry during a pandemic. Her presidential inauguration is…
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149. Attacks on Raphael Warnock
In this episode, Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor considers political attacks on sermons by Raphael Warnock, a Black Baptist pastor running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Religious tests for office threaten religious liberty. The episode includes sermon clips by Warnock at his church in...
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148. Gordon Coleman on Vandalism at a Historic Black Baptist Church
Gordon Coleman, pastor of Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church in rural Callaway County, Missouri, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about a massive attack by vandals on the buildings of the historic Black Baptist church started by enslaved persons before the Civil War. You…
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147. Amos C. Brown on Social Justice & Kamala Harris
Amos C. Brown, pastor of Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the civil rights movement, social justice advocacy, and ministering during coronavirus. He also talks about Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, who is a member at Third…
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146. Ryan Burge on Religion, Politics, & the 2020 Election
Ryan Burge, assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and pastor of First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about religious voting trends in the 2020 election. He also discusses ministry during coronavirus and...
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145. Starlette Thomas on the Raceless Gospel
Starlette Thomas, author, activist, and minister to empower congregations for the D.C. Baptist Convention, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about her work on the "raceless gospel." She also discusses politics, coronavirus, and lamenting. (This episode is sponsored in part by…
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144. Steve Harmon on Sources of Light
Steve Harmon, professor of historical theology at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his co-edited book Sources of Light: Resources for Baptist Churches Practicing Theology. He also talks about...
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143. Beyond Protest (Kevin Cosby at NABF)
This episode features remarks by Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of Kentucky, during the virtual 2020 annual gathering of the North American Baptist Fellowship. In this session, the second of two talks, he focused on what we can learn during this time of protests against racial…
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142. Beyond COVID (Kevin Cosby at NABF)
This episode features remarks by Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of Kentucky, during the virtual 2020 annual gathering of the North American Baptist Fellowship. In this session, the first of two talks, he focused on what we can learn during COVID to better prepare for ministry after...
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141. Monuments & Honor
This episode highlights two recent efforts challenging Confederate monuments by attempting to shift what the sites honor. First, we hear a couple clips from a prayer rally by the Stone Mountain Action Coalition in Georgia. Second, we hear testimony from Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor...
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140. Thad Jones of Western Baptist Bible College
Thad Jones, president of Western Baptist Bible College, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the school, racial justice issues, and leading a college during a pandemic. He also refers to some history about WBBC in a recent Word&Way cover story, which you can download free...
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139. Christopher Dixon on Writing & Pastoring
Christopher Dixon, a pastor and Word&Way columnist, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about those ministry roles and his publishing company eLectio Publishing. He also discusses ministering during a pandemic. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist...
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138. Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons on 'Just Faith'
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, a fellow in the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative with the Center for American Progress, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about his new book, Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity. He also discusses how his faith impacts his politics…
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137. Darron Edwards Sr on Faith-Police Collaboration
Darron Edwards Sr, pastor of United Believers Community Church in Kansas City, Missouri, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about "Getting to the Heart of the Matter," a 10-step plan launched in Kansas City to connect faith communities with police and other community officials to...
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136. Testimony Against Confederate Monument
This episode features testimony by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor during a public hearing about if a Confederate monument in Jefferson City, Missouri, should be removed. Already this year many monuments have been removed (see list at cwmemory.com). Check to see if your community has…
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135. Nabil Costa of Lebanese Baptist Society
Nabil Costa, executive director of the Lebanese Society for Educational & Social Development (also known as the Lebanese Baptist Society), talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of LSESD amid various crises in Lebanon. You can see footage from the damage at some of…
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134. Elie Haddad of Arab Baptist Theological Seminary
Elie Haddad, president of Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about the work of ABTS amid various crises in Lebanon. He discusses economic and political struggles, as well as ministering in new ways due to coronavirus and the massive August 4...
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133. Faith During a Census & Plague
This episode features a sermon by Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor on faith during a time like this. Preached at First Baptist Church in Columbia, Missouri, for an online service, the sermon considers a story in 1 Chronicles 21. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative…
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132. Greg Morrow on international partnerships during coronavirus
Greg Morrow, executive director of the Future Leadership Foundation, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about navigating international missions partnerships during the coronavirus pandemic. He also discusses living in Ukraine and working with Christian leaders in several…
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131. Ryan Andrew Newson on theology of Confederate monuments
Ryan Andrew Newson, assistant professor of theology and ethics at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about Confederate monuments and how Christians can challenge them. He is the author of the new book Cut in Stone: Confederate...
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130. Quinton Lucas on coronavirus, protests, & voting
Quinton Lucas, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about leading his city amid coronavirus and protest against racial injustice. He also discusses the impact of his faith on his work. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative Baptist...
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129. Bruce Gourley on Baptists, Slavery, & the Civil War
Bruce Gourley of Good Faith Media talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about issues of racism among Baptists prior to and during the Civil War. And he discusses how Baptists should tell that history today and learn from it. (This episode is sponsored in part by the Cooperative...
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128. Podcast Panel with Cherilyn Crowe, Cliff Vaughn, & Brian Kaylor
This episode features a conversation originally scheduled as an in-person workshop at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's general assembly in Atlanta, Georgia, which couldn't happen due to coronavirus. So, the panel conversation moved to a virtual format to consider the whys and hows of...
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127. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on Shedding Slaveholder Religion
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, an author, activist, and minister, talks with Word&Way Editor & President Brian Kaylor about issues of racism and justice. He discusses the Poor People's Campaign event on June 20, dismantling of Confederate monuments, and slaveholder religion. (This episode is…
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126. Terrell Carter on race & policing
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...
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125. Ken Medema on Music & Faith
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.)
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124. Tony Campolo on Faith as Babylon Falls
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…
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123. Melissa Rogers on Church-State Issues
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...
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122. Paul Msiza (sermon)
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...
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121. Elijah Brown on Coronavirus & Global Baptists
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…
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120. John Schmalzbauer on Churches & 1918 Flu Pandemic
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...
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119. Joey Hernandez on Cuba & Coronavirus
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...
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118. State Advocacy on Coronavirus
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…
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117. Hanna Massad on Gaza & Coronavirus
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…
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Interviews with Baptists across denominational, ethnic, national, and ideological lines that too often divide us. "Baptist Without An Adjective" is a podcast from Word&Way and hosted by Brian Kaylor.
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