MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Fitness can, literally, be a life-and-death issue for people in underprivileged communities. So a Christian medical ministry in one of the nation’s poorest big cities is preaching the gospel of fitness through local churches. Minister and…
Preach good news, proclaim freedom, seminary president urges Baptists
HONOLULU (ABP) — Preach Christ’s good news and proclaim freedom, seminary president Pablo Deiros challenged participants at the 20th Baptist World Congress in Honolulu July 29. “As Baptists, we need to realize the proclamation of the good news is the…
Son of church secretary accused of embezzling also charged
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (ABP) — Police in Morristown, Tenn., have made a second arrest in the investigation of a longtime financial secretary accused of embezzling $1.5 million from a Southern Baptist church. According to local media, Michael Whitt, 42, has been…
BWA admits Vietnamese, Zambian, D.C. bodies, bids Coffey farewell
HONOLULU (ABP) — Some of the globe’s most persecuted Christians found an international home when the Baptist World Alliance admitted the Baptist Churches in Vietnam into the global organization. The BWA’s General Council voted full membership July 28 to the…
Listen to the Spirit, Coffey urges Baptist World Congress
HONOLULU (ABP) — Human effort and creative strategies lead to futility apart from an anointing by God’s Holy Spirit, British Baptist leader David Coffey told the opening session of the Baptist World Congress July 28 in Honolulu. Outgoing BWA president…
U.S. denies visas to 1,000 Baptists
HONOLULU (ABP) — As many as 1,000 people who had registered for the Baptist World Congress this year were unable to attend because they were denied visas by the United States government, leaders of the Baptist World Alliance said July…
South Africa to host continent’s first Baptist World Congress in 2015
HONOLULU (ABP) — For the first time, the Baptist World Congress will be held in Africa in 2015, according to a July 27 announcement from Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam. Neville Callam (BWA photo) Speaking on the eve…
Judge blocks Ariz. law; faith leaders, Senate Democrats respond
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal judge in Arizona blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's new immigration law July 28, one day before it was scheduled to go into effect. The same day, faith leaders opposed to the bill and…
Baptist pastor arrested in protest
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina Baptist pastor said July 27 she does not understand why she was arrested July 20 for simply trying to attend a public meeting of a school board whose policy on integration she had…