Editor's note: This story was updated later in the day after its posting March 25. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (ABP) — A former American Baptist youth minister who entered and then withdrew a guilty plea for sending nude photos to a 15-year-old girl…
Survey says pastors value, benefit from seminary degrees
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Amid declining enrollment at seminaries and new models being developed as alternatives to traditional theological education, LifeWay Research has released a survey finding the vast majority of pastors value the training they received while in seminary…
Poll finds religious support for comprehensive immigration reform
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new survey finds broad support across party lines and religious groups for comprehensive immigration reform that reflects the rule of law and respects the dignity and wholeness of immigrants and families. Robert Jones The study, released March 23 by…
Scholars dedicate book to memory of CBF leader
COVINGTON, La. (ABP) — A group of Baptist scholars who started meeting together to discuss theology in 1990 reflect on faith and friendship in a collection of essays dedicated to a member of the group who died in 2009. Fisher…
Scholars dedicate book to memory of pastor, CBF leader Philip Wise
COVINGTON, La. (ABP) — A group of Baptist scholars who started meeting together to discuss theology in 1990 reflect on faith and friendship in a collection of essays dedicated to a member of the group who died in 2009. "For…
Baptist colleges respond to Mo. governor’s proposal to cut student aid
ST. LOUIS (ABP) — A five-sentence statement buried toward the bottom of a March 11 speech by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) has kicked up a furor on the state's private college campuses and left some students — including at…
Q and A: Melissa Rogers on Obama faith-based council report
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Melissa Rogers, former general counsel for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and current professor at Baptist-related Wake Forest Divinity School, recently finished serving as the chair of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood…
Analysis: Obama council report partial victory for church-state separation
President Obama greets and thanks members of the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships during a drop-by in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 9. (White House Photo by Pete Souza) WASHINGTON (ABP) — After a…
Baptist school coach, principal charged with sexual assault
SHERWOOD, Ark. (ABP) — A coach and principal at a Baptist-sponsored Christian school in Arkansas pleaded not guilty March 23 to a charge of sexually assaulting a former student. Tim Ballard Tim Ballard, 39, who is free from jail on…