What happens when Baptists disagree?

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 …

Albert Mohler and the flawed rhetoric of Christian nationalism

Albert Mohlerโ€™s recent reflections on โ€œthe future of American Protestantismโ€ raise important questions about Christianity, national identity, political culture and religious liberty. Mohler is a significant player in American political and religious life. Among other responsibilities, he is the ninth president ofย The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In an August 2026 interview with American Reformer, he …