MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — Across the centuries, across the ocean, through bombings and world wars, a sacred bit of history has emerged from the distant past to find a home at Mars Hill College. The North Carolina Baptist school…
Texas church, mired in controversy over gays in directory, loses pastor
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) – Brett Younger, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113 Fort Worth, Texas, survived a vote to fire him last month but is leavindex.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113g the church anyway – to become associate professor of preachindex.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113g at Mercer University's…
ABP honors Texas convention, announces $100,000 challenge
SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Directors of Associated Baptist Press honored the Baptist General Convention of Texas and announced a $100,000 matching-funds challenge from a Texas Baptist family during their semi-annual meeting, held April 14-15 in San Antonio. “Every year, since…
Pope, in first visit to United States, praises freedom, dings secularism
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In his first visit to the United States since ascending to the Throne of St. Peter, Pope Benedict XVI hailed America’s religious freedom and pluralism while simultaneously denouncing secularism’s influence. The pontiff’s tour of the United States…
Supreme Court decision means executions move forward
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court effectively enabled states to move forward with executions April 16, declaring constitutional a kind of lethal injection used in almost all of the nation’s 30-plus death chambers. In its Baze v. Rees (No. 07-5439)…
Opinion: Democrats and the abortion issue
At a policy level, I was generally pleased with the answers of the candidates to the policy questions they were asked. They expressed commitment to domestic-poverty reduction, creation care, the abolition of torture, and efforts to combat AIDS. The fact…
Texas Baptist board report recommends budget cuts
DALLAS (ABP) — According to a Baptist General Convention of Texas report, the group's anticipated 2008 income falls $5.3 million short of budget, requiring cutbacks in spending and staffing for the second time in as many years. The report calls…
Missouri convention to appeal ruling in suit against agency
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Convention has filed notice that it will appeal a judge’s ruling in its case against a formerly affiliated institution. In a related ruling, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan on April…
Best church, business leaders have some similar qualities
(ABP) — The same leadership skills that make many of the best business leaders successful also can enable church leaders to fulfill their potential, some Christian business experts note. “In both worlds, … leaders go first. Leaders set the culture,”…
Churches often borrow from business world
(ABP) — Churches can learn from the business — for better or for worse. Some best practices in the corporate world translate well to the nonprofit sector, including churches, experts insist. And at the same time, churches can benefit by…
Samford scholarship program targets ministers-in-training
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — In what may be the first program of its kind, an Alabama Baptist school is targeting future ministers with undergraduate scholarships. Samford University has created a pre-ministerial scholars program aimed at students who are called to…
Detroit pastor to deliver 2008 Shurden lectures
WASHINGTON (ABP) — One of America's most renowned African-American preachers will deliver the third annual Shurden Lectures on Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State. Charles Adams will give the speeches, which are scheduled for April 14-15 on…