RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — For the first time in 188 years, the predominantly white Baptist General Association of Virginia has an African-American president. Suffolk, Va., pastor Mark Croston was elected to the top spot during the BGAV’s annual meeting Nov….
NC Baptists support gay-marriage ban
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) – The North Carolina Baptist Convention adopted a resolution endorsing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state. Meeting Nov. 7-8 in Greensboro, North Carolina Baptists encouraged member churches to “vigorously organize a…
Mohler says Penn State scandal holds lesson for Southern Baptists
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist seminary president said Baptist churches should pay heed to the child sexual abuse scandal tarnishing Penn State University and immediately report any credible report of child abuse to legal authorities. “Sometimes Christians and…
Baptist Women in Ministry reforms in Kentucky
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) – Dormant for a decade, a Baptist Women in Ministry chapter in Kentucky was rebirthed Nov. 8 at Baptist Women in Ministry Day at Georgetown College. Pam Durso addresses Georgetown College chapel on Baptist Women in Ministry…
Book covers Civil War in Baptists’ own words
TLANTA (ABP) – People debate what caused the Civil War 150 years after the fact, but Baptists of the era from both North and South agreed it was fought over slavery, says the author of a forthcoming book. Bruce Gourley…
Chalice seals bond between ‘Georgians’
ATLANTA (ABP) – A friendship between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia and Baptists in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia that began with the coincidence of being “Georgians” grew deeper with return of a long-lost communion chalice that carries deep…
SBC leader compares personhood movement to abolition
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s top ethics leader compared an upcoming vote on Mississippi’s proposed personhood amendment to the abolition of slavery. “If we’re going to be a civilized society, we need to extend to unborn children,…
BWA leaders bring ‘fullness of what it means to be Baptist’ to peace summit
ASSISI, Italy (ABP) — Two top leaders of the Baptist World Alliance brought “the fullness of what it means to be Baptist” to an interfaith summit of peace and justice, hosted Oct. 27 by Pope Benedict XVI and attended by…
Religious leaders urge probe into FBI training procedures
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Religious leaders from Jewish, Christian and interfaith organizations called on the White House to convene an interagency task force to investigate, address and resolve concerns over recent allegations that the federal government has used biased and misleading…