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…
Drake’s lawyer claims legal precedent for courts to remove a head of state
RAMONA, Calif. (ABP) — The lawyer representing a former Southern Baptist Convention official challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency says there is legal precedent for courts to remove a sitting chief executive if the individual is found ineligible to…
Baptists continue to meet needs in Haiti despite major obstacles
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) — Nearly three weeks after an earthquake left an estimated 200,000 people dead, life in Haiti remains in as many pieces as the buildings toppled throughout Port-au-Prince. Carroll Prewitt (center) of Texas Baptist Men and James Cundiff…
Billy Graham tops poll of most influential living preachers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Protestant pastors ranked Billy Graham by far the most influential living preacher in survey results released Feb. 2 by LifeWay Research. Asked to name three living Christian preachers that most influence them, 21 percent of pastors…
Billy Graham tops poll of most influential living preachers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Protestant pastors ranked Billy Graham by far the most influential living preacher in survey results released Feb. 2 by LifeWay Research. Protestant pastors polled by LifeWay Research named Billy Graham as the living preacher who has…
Baptist prof fears Haiti arrests will set back adoption movement
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist seminary professor says the arrests of a group of Baptists from the United States accused of trying to remove children from earthquake-stricken Haiti without proper documentation could give a black eye to a…
Study shows significant increase in American families going hungry
DALLAS (ABP) — Food-assistance agencies nationwide serve 1 million more people each week than they did four years ago, according to a national study released Feb. 2. The nation’s network of food banks and related agencies provide emergency food to…
Baptist group arrested in Haiti denies trafficking charge
MERIDIAN, Idaho (ABP) — A mission team from two Southern Baptist churches in Idaho arrested for attempting to take 33 children from Haiti to a temporary orphanage in the neighboring Dominican Republic was only trying to help children suffering in…
Q&A: Baptist Women in Ministry leader Pam Durso
Pam Durso ATLANTA (ABP) — February marks the fourth annual Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching, in which Baptist churches are encouraged to invite a woman to preach. Associated Baptist Press asked Pam Durso, executive director of Baptist Women in…