SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) — A former football player at Southwest Baptist University pleaded guilty Jan. 25 to second-degree assault in a 2006 beating that left a Bolivar, Mo., man permanently disabled. Rony Saintil as pictured in his jail booking photo…
ABC seeks doctors, nurses for weeklong stints in Haiti
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Although aid organizations are discouraging volunteers without disaster or medical expertise from descending on Haiti right now, American Baptist Churches USA says there is still an acute need for medical professionals in the earthquake-devastated country….
Baptist World Aid workers say situation in Haiti still desperate
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Baptist rescue team in Haiti described the situation there as desperate more than two weeks after a massive earthquake the devastated the island nation Jan. 12. Bela Szilagyi, director of Hungarian Baptist Aid and…
Baptist World Aid workers say situation in Haiti still desperate
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Baptist rescue team in Haiti described the situation there as still desperate — more than two weeks after a massive earthquake devastated much of the impoverished nation Jan. 12. A BWAid Rescue 24 team…
Former pastor plans to appeal murder conviction
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A former Baptist preacher sentenced to 65 years for murdering his wife plans to appeal his conviction. Local media in Waco, Texas, reported that an attorney representing Matt Baker filed a notice of appeal with 19th…
Missionary describes work in Haiti
LIMBE, Haiti (ABP) — A missionary doctor appointed jointly by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA has returned to his home in northern Haiti after eight days of working at an emergency clinic near the epicenter of…
ABC, CBF workers describe aftermath, future in Haiti
LIMBE, Haiti (ABP) — A missionary doctor appointed jointly by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA has returned to his home in northern Haiti after eight days of working at an emergency clinic near the epicenter of…
Reyes to head Texas Baptist social-service agency Buckner
DALLAS (ABP) — Leaders of the Texas-based Baptist social-services agency Buckner International announced Jan. 22 that they had elected Albert Reyes to become the sixth president in Buckner’s 131-year history. Reyes has directed the agency’s flagship division, Buckner Child and…
New evangelical group calls for cancellation of Haiti’s debt
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new organization of progressive evangelicals has formed, calling for complete cancellation of Haiti's foreign debt in order to aid an already-fragile economy devastated by a Jan. 12 earthquake. The Jan. 22 announcement of the New Evangelical…
Texas church regroups after historic sanctuary burns
TEMPLE, Texas (ABP) — In the days following the Jan. 19 fire that destroyed the historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, many things are still uncertain. But members insist some things are rock-solid sure — God is…
Texas church regroups after historic sanctuary burns
TEMPLE, Texas (ABP) — In the days following the Jan. 19 fire that destroyed the historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, many things are still uncertain. But members insist some things are rock-solid sure — God is…
Mother says she forgives former pastor who killed her daughter
WACO, Texas (ABP) — The mother-in-law of a former Baptist preacher convicted of murder said she and her husband forgive him for killing their daughter because "love trumps evil" in their Christian faith. Kari Baker's 2006 death was originally ruled…