In the news: Muslims making Mecca journey Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment Muslims making Mecca journey Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islamic faith. Muslims who are financially and physically able are required to make the pilgrimage at least...

Going on: Free Will Baptists plan Thanksgiving service Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment Free Will Baptists plan Thanksgiving service The First Oklahoma Association of Free Will Baptist Churches will hold a Thanksgiving Praise Service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Northwest Free Will Baptist...

Southern Baptist leader in Broken Arrow plans an awakening Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 8 BROKEN ARROW — The Rev. Emerson Falls on Tuesday became the first American Indian to be elected president of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. Falls, 60, called the win "a...

Oklahoma Deaths: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 1 ALTUSThomason, Arlis, 76, died Monday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Thursday, Victory Cemetery, Duke (Lowell-Tims, Altus). ANADARKOReichert, Naomi, 76, homemaker, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. today...

Emerson Falls elected president of Baptist General Convention Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 5 BROKEN ARROW -- The Rev. Emerson Falls of Oklahoma City was elected president of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma today in Broken Arrow. Leaders of the convention, which represents the...

CONVENTION: Southern Baptists to meet in Edmond Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment Southern Baptists to meet BROKEN ARROW — The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, representing the state’s Southern Baptists, will hold its annual meeting Monday and Tuesday at The...

Meeting Billy Graham brings memories Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Comments 2 My first memory of Billy Graham was in the late '50s when he was having a revival at the state fairgrounds. I was a teenager, and my mother insisted that I go with her to see him. He has been a...

Colleges and universities in Oklahoma with religious affiliations Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma has a variety of colleges and universities with religious affiliations, or with religion as a foundation, according to school officials or their Web sites.

Whitlock to head Oklahoma Bapist University Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | Comments 2 SHAWNEE - Oklahoma Baptist University trustees said Friday they have named a Missouri university administrator as the Shawnee school's 15th president. David W. Whitlock will assume the OBU...

Films offer rare historical look Wed, Sep 20, 2006 LANGSTON - The discovery of 29 canisters of vintage movie film provides a rare glimpse of the everyday life of blacks in 1920s Oklahoma. “It’s a true treasure and quite chilling,” said...

Baptist church delays baptism vote Tue, Aug 1, 2006 EDMOND — A vote on eliminating baptism as a church membership requirement at Edmond’s Henderson Hills Baptist Church has been postponed, the church confirmed Monday. The church’s elder...

Baptists treading baptism issue Sat, Jul 29, 2006 Henderson Hills Baptist Church’s baptism proposal has made quite a splash this summer. In June, leaders of the Edmond church asked the congregation to consider eliminating baptism as one of...

Mass baptism Fri, Jun 16, 2006 First Baptist Church of Orlando, Fla., baptized more than 100 people June 4 on the shores of a Walt Disney World lake in the latest act of reconciliation between the entertainment giant and...

Baptists help Louisianans endure storms Fri, Jun 16, 2006 The boldfaced headline across the page of the June 1 Baton Rouge, La., newspaper read, "Are You Ready?" That's a serious question for those preparing for a new hurricane season. Weather and...

Page Touts Conservatism As SBC President Fri, Jun 16, 2006 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The surprise pick for president of the Southern Baptist Convention says he'll stand up for the denomination's conservative beliefs - but he'll do it with a smile....

Rice speaks about freedom at convention Thu, Jun 15, 2006 GREENSBORO, N.C. - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a patriotic speech that sparked several standing ovations and an impromptu, sweet-spirited rendition of "God Bless America"...

'Miracle' win puts pastor as head of Baptist group Wed, Jun 14, 2006 GREENSBORO, N.C. The Southern Baptist Convention elected Frank Page as its new president Tuesday, a pastor who had said that it would take a "miracle" for him to win and was seen as an outsider...

Move to set missions at 10% is struck down Wed, Jun 14, 2006 GREENSBORO, N.C. Southern Baptist Convention messengers on Tuesday rejected a proposal that urged churches to give 10 percent of their undesignated receipts to the denomination's mission and...

Southern Baptists set to pick leader Tue, Jun 13, 2006 GREENSBORO, N.C. - Southern Baptists are expected to elect a new president at the denomination's annual meeting today and Wednesday. The presidential race is one of the most talked-about elections...

5P-HENDERSON HILLS Tue, Jun 13, 2006 The following is a script from a News9 broadcast ((AMY)) A popular metro church is making headlines.. --VO-- Officials at Henderson Hills Baptist Church say the church is considering possibly...