Brent Beasley was elected May 31 as next pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A historic and prominent Texas Baptist church that was subject to a highly publicized controversy last year over…
Broadway Baptist, under scrutiny over gays, calls Brent Beasley as pastor
Brent Beasley was elected May 31 as next pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A historic and prominent Texas Baptist church that was subject to a highly publicized controversy last year over…
Prayers mark 10th anniversary of Ouachita plane-crash tragedy
Ouachita Baptist University faculty member Cindy Fuller accompanies during a 10th anniversary prayer service held June 1 at the Arkansas school to commemorate the crash of Flight 1420. Fuller and her husband, Charles, were among the survivors of the June…
Baptist layman promotes ‘Say Something Nice Sunday’
CHARLESTON, S.C. (ABP) — For Mitch Carnell, the old adage — "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything" — doesn't go far enough. He wants people in churches this Sunday to actually say something nice. The church…
Former SBC officer says Tiller murder answer to prayer
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — While most pro-life leaders condemned the May 31 murder of a controversial abortion provider inside his Wichita, Kan., church, one former Southern Baptist Convention official called it an answer to prayer. "I am glad George Tiller is…
Former SBC officer says Tiller murder answer to prayer
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — While most pro-life leaders condemned the May 31 murder of a controversial abortion provider inside his Wichita, Kan., church, one former Southern Baptist Convention official called it an answer to prayer. "I am glad George Tiller is…
What fad would Jesus follow?
HOLLAND, Mich. (ABP) — Looking for a way to help members of her youth group use moral discernment when making life choices, a Lutheran youth minister in Holland, Mich., re-read a copy of Charles Sheldon’s "In His Steps," a classic…
Ethicists mark 75th anniversary of German ‘Confessing’ movement
ATLANTA (ABP) — A document written three-quarters of a century ago to protest rising nationalism in Nazi Germany’s Protestant churches provides instruction for American Christians navigating through today’s culture wars, say a Baptist ethicist and Methodist filmmaker working together against…
Ethicists mark 75th anniversary of ‘Confessing Church’
ATLANTA (ABP) — A document written three-quarters of a century ago to protest rising nationalism in Nazi Germany's Protestant churches provides instruction for American Christians navigating through today's culture wars, say a Baptist ethicist and Methodist filmmaker working together against…
Baptists respond to cyclone in Bangladesh
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance has responded to Cyclone Aila, which killed nearly 200 and destroyed thousands of homes May 25 in Bangladesh and India. Baptist World Aid, the BWA's relief-and-development arm, sent grants totaling $12,000 for emergency…
Poll shows little change on marriage, but more support for other gay rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Results from a Gallup poll released May 27 show that a majority of Americans continue to oppose same-sex marriage — but that the youngest voters support equal marriage rights for gay couples by a wide margin. And…
Amnesty International seeks ‘New Deal’ for human rights
LONDON (ABP) — The head of Amnesty International welcomed President Obama's decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center and said millions of people around the world view his election as signaling a new era in human rights. Announcing the…