LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — The naming of a new dean to the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will help the school gain membership in a theological school association, the seminary's president said. The trustees of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky named Dalen…
Robert Drinan, first priest to vote in Congress, dies
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Former Rep. Robert Drinan (D-Mass.), whose activism against the Vietnam War led him to become the first Catholic priest to vote in Congress, died Jan. 28. A statement from Georgetown University, where Drinan lived in campus housing…
Judson College receives multi-million dollar bequest
Judson College received a $9 million Christmas present. Proceeds from the estate of Marian Acree Tucker of Dadeville, Ala., will be the largest bequest ever given to the college by an individual donor. Tucker died in May 2003 at…
Former governor, Baptist minister, Huckabee runs for White House
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The latest long-shot presidential candidate is a Southern Baptist Baby Boomer from Hope, Ark., who served as governor of his home state. But this isn't Bill Clinton, and he isn't a Democrat. Instead, he's a Republican, an…
South African pastor killed by gunman during Bible study
FISH HOEK, South Africa (ABP) — Phillip Mokson, founding pastor of Masiphumelele Baptist Church near here, was shot and killed Jan. 22 as he taught a Bible study inside the church building. Family members including his wife, children and grandchildren…
Accrediting agencies asked to probe seminary’s dismissal of female prof
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A supporter of a professor who lost her job at a Southern Baptist seminary — allegedly due to gender discrimination — has filed complaints with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Association of…
Appeals court upholds ruling against faith-based group
CINCINNATI (ABP) — A federal appeals court said Jan. 17 that the Michigan government was right to discontinue funding a Christian ministry for abused, neglected and delinquent children. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously…
Sheri Klouda surprised at fallout from her ‘removal’ at Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Sheri Klouda, a former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, said she lost her job teaching Hebrew in the seminary's school of theology because she is a woman. But she wasn't prepared for the fallout…
Baptists again endangered as violence engulfs Beirut
BEIRUT (ABP) — An urgent communiqué from a Lebanese Baptist leader warned Jan. 25 that escalating violence is threatening the Beirut Baptist School. Nabil Costa, executive director of the Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development, sent an e-mail message…
Woman’s missions group suffers from more Baptist funding cuts
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has seen its annual revenues drop precipitously in the last eight years, now stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars more from one of the…
Controversy dooms another SBC megachurch pastor
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (ABP) — After fewer than five months as senior pastor, David Cox abruptly resigned Jan. 24 from the pulpit of First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, Fla., which for more than three decades has been filled by…
Bush’s next-to-last State of the Union leaves liberals, conservatives cold
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's next-to-last State of the Union address provided little to cheer conservatives or liberals, highlighting the difficult position he is in as his presidency begins to approach its end. While speaking to both chambers of Congress…