LIMBE, Haiti (ABP) — A missionary doctor appointed jointly by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA has returned to his home in northern Haiti after eight days of working at an emergency clinic near the epicenter of…
Reyes to head Texas Baptist social-service agency Buckner
DALLAS (ABP) — Leaders of the Texas-based Baptist social-services agency Buckner International announced Jan. 22 that they had elected Albert Reyes to become the sixth president in Buckner’s 131-year history. Reyes has directed the agency’s flagship division, Buckner Child and…
New evangelical group calls for cancellation of Haiti’s debt
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new organization of progressive evangelicals has formed, calling for complete cancellation of Haiti's foreign debt in order to aid an already-fragile economy devastated by a Jan. 12 earthquake. The Jan. 22 announcement of the New Evangelical…
Texas church regroups after historic sanctuary burns
TEMPLE, Texas (ABP) — In the days following the Jan. 19 fire that destroyed the historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, many things are still uncertain. But members insist some things are rock-solid sure — God is…
Texas church regroups after historic sanctuary burns
TEMPLE, Texas (ABP) — In the days following the Jan. 19 fire that destroyed the historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, many things are still uncertain. But members insist some things are rock-solid sure — God is…
Mother says she forgives her daughter’s killer
WACO, Texas (ABP) — The mother-in-law of a former Baptist preacher convicted of murder said she and her husband forgive him for killing their daughter because "love trumps evil" in their Christian faith. "You have to spend many years in…
Mother says she forgives former pastor who killed her daughter
WACO, Texas (ABP) — The mother-in-law of a former Baptist preacher convicted of murder said she and her husband forgive him for killing their daughter because "love trumps evil" in their Christian faith. Kari Baker's 2006 death was originally ruled…
Former Baptist pastor sentenced in wife’s murder
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A former Baptist minister was sentenced Jan. 21 to 65 years in prison for murdering his wife by drugging her and smothering her with a pillow while their two daughters slept in a nearby bedroom. A…
Interfaith Alliance head protests Bible verses on military gun sights
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist leader is calling on President Obama to conduct a formal investigation into revelations that a United States military contractor stamped references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights used, unknowingly, by troops in Iraq and…