SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — Maggie Lee Henson didn't live long enough to realize her dream of becoming a star on Broadway, but she took center stage in a memorial service celebrating her life Aug.6 at First Baptist Church in Shreveport,…
Former Southern Baptist pastor sentenced for fraud, tax evasion
BALTIMORE (ABP) — A Baptist preacher will serve more than three years behind bars after admitting that he filed false documents to obtain a loan and didn't pay taxes on hundreds of thousands of dollars he profited while leading a…
Funeral of girl killed in bus crash to be webcast live
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — People from around the world who went online to read about and pray for a 12-year-old victim of a church-bus crash during the last three weeks of her life will also be able to watch her…
Vandals target group planning pro-family gathering in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (ABP) — Sponsors of an international gathering of conservative pro-family advocates in the Netherlands vowed they would not be intimidated after vandals painted obscenities and anti-Christian slogans on walls of the Amsterdam offices of the organization planning the…
BWA moves forward with initiatives despite financial challenges
EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — Despite a challenging financial outlook, Baptist World Alliance leaders have moved ahead with the election of a new division director, welcomed two additional member bodies and called for new initiatives in both intra-Baptist relations and Christian-Muslim…
NAMB trustees consider removing agency head
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — Two months after passing a resolution unanimously praising the direction of the North American Mission Board and affirming President Geoff Hammond for "exemplary, unique leadership and vision," NAMB trustees will meet Aug. 11 to consider removing…
Shreveport girl dies from injuries in church-bus crash
JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — A July 12 rollover of a bus carrying a church youth group to a summer camp has claimed a second fatality. Maggie Lee Henson, 12, died Aug. 2 after a three-week battle with critical head injuries…
Baptists celebrate 400th anniversary near site of movement’s origin
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (ABP) — Baptists from around the world recalled the birth of their movement 400 years ago during a July 30 worship service held a few blocks from the site of what is generally recognized as the first Baptist…
Q&A with BWA president-elect
EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — Members of the Baptist World Alliance General Council affirmed John Upton as the organization’s presidential nominee July 31. Assuming he is elected by the group’s quinquennial Baptist World Congress meeting next year in Honolulu, Upton will…
Virginia Baptist nominated as BWA president
EDE, Netherlands — John Upton, executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, has been nominated as president of the Baptist World Alliance. If elected at the BWA’s world congress in 2010, Upton will begin a five-year term to…
Virginia Baptists’ John Upton nominated as BWA president
EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — John Upton, executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, has been nominated as president of the Baptist World Alliance. If elected at the BWA’s Baptist World Congress in 2010, Upton will begin a five-year…
Church-state groups concerned about nominated Army secretary
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Organizations that advocate the separation of church and state say they are concerned about President Obama's pick as Secretary of the Army. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, said July 30…