MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptists, of all people, should defend the rights of minorities against the majority, an American Baptist leader told supporters of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty June 20. “To live with the minority experience is…
Love & Marriage: What happens when cohabitating couples want to join the church?
DALLAS (ABP) — When the nice young couple presenting themselves for membership in your church is shacking up, how should the congregation respond? Churches likely will face this and other tough questions as society’s definition of family continues to evolve….
Love & Marriage: Couples counting down to wedding consider program time well-spent
LEWISVILLE, Texas (ABP) — For many couples, it’s like the seconds before a new year’s exciting beginning. For a few, it’s more like the panic of watching a ticking bomb. Newlywed Brooks Monroe insists counting down the days to his…
Love and Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In all of America’s brouhaha over whether legalizing same-sex marriage will sully the institution’s sanctity, very few Christians are asking one important question: When — and why — did the government get into the sanctification business in…
Young CBFers, responding to Sherman, call for end to bitter anti-SBC rhetoric
ATLANTA (ABP) — In response to controversial comments at the recent Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, a group of younger CBF supporters has called for an end to “old rhetoric” and for renewed attention to the world’s needs. Seven leaders…
OBU trustees name social science school for longtime supporter
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (ABP) — In appreciation for “consistent and generous support” for Ouachita Baptist University, trustees named the Arkansas school’s social-science division for Buddy Sutton, a prominent Little Rock attorney. Trustees voted June 12 to honor Sutton, a long-time Ouachita…
Richmond seminary names Israel Galindo as dean
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Trustees of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond have elected Israel Galindo as the 19-year-old school’s new dean. Galindo, a Christian education professor at the Virginia seminary, was elected June 17. He replaces Mike Harton, who has…
Modern slavery global scourge, speakers tell CBF supporters
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) –The woman came over from China expecting love, marriage and a better life, according to a speaker on human trafficking June 19, during a workshop session at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Memphis, Tenn. But…
BWIM celebrates 25 years of women in ministry
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist supporters of women in church leadership looked back on 25 years of triumphs and setbacks June 18 as Baptist Women in Ministry celebrated its first quarter-century in Memphis, Tenn. About 150 people gathered at Memphis’…
Young CBF supporters mark 9/11 with mission projects
DALLAS (ABP) — Baptists around the nation are doing something constructive to remember a day characterized by destruction. In memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will host a day of mission projects…
‘Missional engagement’ should have priority, say respondents
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) – “Missional” engagement will have a high priority in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of the future, if comments from participants at the group’s annual General Assembly are any indication. During its June 19-20 meeting in Memphis, Tenn.,…