NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention urged President Obama Feb. 5 to do everything within his power to secure release of 10 volunteer missionaries jailed in Haiti. Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the SBC Executive…
Southern Baptist leaders as Obama to intervene on behalf of jailed missionaries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention urged President Obama Feb. 5 to do everything within his power to secure release of 10 volunteer missionaries jailed in Haiti. Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the SBC Executive…
Church seeks forgiveness for mission team detained in Haiti
MERIDIAN, Idaho (ABP) — The sponsoring church of a 10-member Southern Baptist mission team charged with child kidnapping in Haiti has acknowledged that the group made "mistakes" and asked the Haitian government to forgive them. "We are absolutely convinced that…
Biker chaplains see the parking lot as their church
CARROLLTON, Texas (ABP) — In a crowded parking lot filled with chrome and horsepower, Jeff Claes finds himself most at home. Weaving through a maze of leather-clad, patch-decorated bikers, he talks with others about motorcycles, rides and miles of open…
Obama, Clinton at prayer breakfast denounce Ugandan anti-gay proposal
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the occasion of the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 4 to denounce a draconian proposed anti-homosexuality law in Uganda — even though the event’s organizers have been closely associated…
Church fire forces closing of day care
TEMPLE, Texas (ABP) — First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, has suspended operation of its 40-year-old Child Development Center indefinitely due to smoke and water damage from a Jan. 19 fire that authorities ruled arson. The decision, announced to church…
SBC official says he believes detained missionaries acted in good faith
CORRECTION: This story was updated at 7:30 p.m. CST Feb. 4 to correct an error in the 10th paragraph. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A top official of the Southern Baptist Convention said Feb. 3 he is confident that a church…
Study finds abstinence-only programs effective in delaying sex
PHILADELPHIA (ABP) — A new study by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says that abstinence-only sex-education programs are effective in getting some pre-teens to delay having sex. The study, which appeared in the Feb. 1 edition of Archives of…
Baptist volunteers ready to serve amid massive needs in Haiti
A child stands in one of hundreds of makeshift tent cities that have sprung up in Port-au-Prince since the Jan. 12 earthquake. (BGCT photo) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) — Servando Silva and Matt Johnson were packed for Haiti before there was…