Southern Baptist minister and educator Edgar Young Mullins. By Rod Benson Historically, Baptists have often been described as a radical and dissenting people. Not primarily conservative or fundamentalist, but radical and dissenting. That is the historic Baptist DNA. The earliest Baptists emerged from the contested religious world of post-Reformation Europe, questioning inherited ecclesiastical arrangements, rejecting …
Baptist and Uniting: Similarities and differences
Former NSW Baptist minister, the Rev. Adrian Buggs, second from left, on the day of his induction into the Uniting Church and now serves three congregations in the Blue Mountains. A guide for Baptist ministers transitioning to the UCA (Part 2 of 12) Rod Benson, 16 July 2026 At first glance, the recognisable traditions of …
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A passion for reading the Bible
A sermon by Rod Benson What makes us who we are? What distinctive passions and practices shape our identity as Christians who are known as Baptists? I don’t mean “distinctives” in the sense of what marks us out as weird, peculiar or crack-pots in the minds of others. It’s not about coming up with a …
