DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will stress community at the organization's 20th General Assembly June 24-25, 2010, in Charlotte, N.C. Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Atlanta-based CBF, told members of the group's national Coordinating Council Oct….
Next two CBF assemblies to celebrate 20 years of ‘Fellowship movement’
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will stress community at the organization's 20th General Assembly June 24-25, 2010, in Charlotte, N.C. Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Atlanta-based CBF, told members of the group's national Coordinating Council Oct….
Fire destroys most of Kerens church buildings
KERENS—Fire burned down most of the facilities of First Baptist Church in Kerens Oct. 18. The blaze incinerated the sanctuary, children’s area, nursery, office and library. Only the youth and education building remains standing. “Everything was completely destroyed,” Pastor Wes…
Breckenridge residents seek to bring warmth to orphans in Eastern Europe
TYLER, Texas (ABP) — Residents at a Texas Baptist home for adults with special needs are using their skills to help meet the needs of others — in this case, Eastern European orphans. Three residents of Breckenridge Village of Tyler,…
Former SBC leader says NAMB is obsolete
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — An elder statesman who led three Southern Baptist Convention entities for a total of 40 years says the denomination's North American Mission Board is an obsolete bureaucracy that will likely have a diminished role or disappear…
Former SBC leader Duke McCall says NAMB is obsolete
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — An elder statesman who led three Southern Baptist Convention entities for a total of 40 years says the denomination's North American Mission Board is an obsolete bureaucracy that will likely have a diminished role or disappear…
Pastor’s accused killer unfit for trial
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (ABP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a Southern Baptist pastor inside an Illinois church in March has been found unfit to stand trial. The decision handed down Oct. 20 followed a mental evaluation of Terry Sedlacek…
Judge declares Illinois pastor’s killer unfit to stand trial
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (ABP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a Southern Baptist pastor inside an Illinois church in March has been found unfit to stand trial. Terry Sedlacek faces murder charges in the March slaying of a Southern Baptist…
Cuban Baptists released from jail
LAKELAND, Fla. (ABP) — Two Cuban Baptist leaders held two weeks while authorities investigated what they regarded suspicious economic activity have reportedly been released from jail. Rubén Ortiz-Columbié, 68, and Francisco "Pancho" Garcia-Ruiz, 46, were arrested Oct. 3 by agents…
Cuban Baptist leaders reportedly released from jail
LAKELAND, Fla. (ABP) — Two Cuban Baptist leaders held two weeks while authorities investigated what they regarded as suspicious economic activity have reportedly been released from jail. Rubén Ortiz-Columbié Rubén Ortiz-Columbié, 68, and Francisco "Pancho" Garcia-Ruiz, 46, were arrested Oct….
Opinion: American sexual ethics today, Part 2
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two columns contrasting prevailing cultural attitudes on sexuality with classic Christian ethics and calling for Christians to reclaim their own heritage in a countercultural practice of Christian community. The first was published Oct….
Fear Not: What does virtual rumor-mongering say about Christians?
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Thanks to the Internet, some gullible American Christians can engage in one of their favorite hobbies — digging up the metaphorical corpse of Madalyn Murray O’Hair and rhetorically flogging it — more easily than ever before. Even…