NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — A Louisiana pastor says he has no plans to be nominated as the Southern Baptist Convention's first African-American president this summer in Orlando, Fla. Fred Luter has been mentioned as a possible candidate for president of the…
McKissic says it is time for Southern Baptists to elect a black president
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A prominent African-American pastor says it is time for the Southern Baptist Convention to elect its first black president. Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, said in a blog March 31 that…
Women fill Baptist pulpits during February
ATLANTA (ABP) — A total of 104 churches reported inviting a woman to preach in February for an annual promotion both to celebrate and educate congregations about women in ministry. Pam Durso, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry, said…
More than 100 churches take part in month celebrating women in pulpit
ATLANTA (ABP) — A total of 104 churches reported inviting a woman to preach in February for an annual promotion both to celebrate and educate congregations about women in ministry. Jonci Womack preaches at Bethel Baptist Church in Scottsburg, Va….
Tim McCoy tapped as new executive for Ontario-Quebec Baptists
ETOBICOKE, Ontario (ABP) — Baptists in Canada’s two most populous provinces will be led by a former youth minister and non-profit officer. Tim McCoy Tim McCoy, who has served for the last four years as director of youth ministries for…
Anne Graham Lotz leads Missourians in prayer over state’s $500M shortfall
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Just as Isaiah caught a fresh understanding of God in the face of adversity, God’s people in Missouri must catch a fresh vision as lawmakers wrestle with cuts necessary to balance the state’s budget, according…
Longtime Southern Seminary theology professor David Mueller dies
SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — A second-generation Baptist theologian who taught during three decades at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary died March 26 in Texas. David Mueller David Mueller was 80. He moved to Kerrville, Texas, after retiring from the seminary in…
Legal gay marriage pushes sexuality to forefront for churches
WASHINGTON (ABP) — State laws legalizing same-sex marriage are becoming the newest battle line in American Christianity's ongoing civil war over the church and homosexuality. Religion News Service reported recently on a dilemma for churches in the District of Columbia…
Laws legalizing gay marriage move homosexuality to front burner for churches
WASHINGTON (ABP) — State laws legalizing same-sex marriage are becoming the newest battle line in American Christianity's ongoing civil war over the church and homosexuality. Religion News Service reported recently on a dilemma for churches in the District of Columbia…
Conservative Baptist activist Nancy Schaefer dead in apparent murder
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. (ABP) — Nancy Schaefer, a conservative Christian activist and former two-term state senator in Georgia, was found dead with her husband March 26 in their north Georgia home in what is being described as a murder-suicide. Nancy Schaefer…
A Time to Laugh: Grieving comic says faith, hope and laughter abide
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP)—Jinny Henson began doing stand-up comedy when she was a student at Baylor University. While working on a master’s degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, she began touring nationwide. Jinny Henson entertains at Gateway Church in South Lake,…
A Time to Laugh: What is the role of laughter for Christians?
(ABP) — “For every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven … a time to weep and a time to laugh,” according to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. What is the role of…