The Texas Observer has an engaging article filled with the history and characters of the Southern Baptist Convention blog surge, a grass roots phenomenon which has led to interesting criticism and movement within the denomination: Don’t Stop Believing

The bloggers:

C.B. Scott
Ben Cole
Wade Burleson
Marty Duren
Brian Kaylor
Malcolm Yarnell

Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant

Southern Baptists get a lot of press in the US, but they are far from the only Baptists in the States. The Associated Press who has dubbed the majority of Baptists (moderates) ‘the other Baptists’ will be holding a major convention early next year.
Many Canadian Baptists - five of the six associations will be taking part (Canadian Southern Baptists have not indicated their support) Big Daddy Weave has a breakdown of Canadian Baptist Alliances that will be participating in the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant.

Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Baptist General Conference of Canada
Canadian Baptist Ministries
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Independent (non-aligned) Baptist churches

Baptist represent 2.5 percent of the population or 725 thousand people in Canada (Stats Can 2001)