BEIRUT, Lebanon (ABP) — Hundreds of Lebanese Muslims who had taken refuge in Lebanese Baptist institutions said good-bye to their hosts Aug. 17. Meanwhile, Lebanese Christian leaders continued to care for refugees still in Beirut. As a cease-fire took hold…
Winkler’s case shows pastors’ wives often fight unknown pressures
SELMER, Tenn. (ABP) — Mary Winkler allegedly killed her husband, a 31-year-old pastor, because of financial and familial problems — problems often present but undetected in the lives of pastors' wives. After posting her $750,000 bond, Winkler's lawyers said, she…
Texas author pioneers new genre: Christian ‘graphic novels’
FLOWER MOUND, Texas (ABP) — Robert Luedke loved drawing and reading comic books when he was a boy. Years later, he became a Christian. Now Luedke is bringing both passions together for a career. Luedke, president of Texas-based Head Press…
Bush’s reference to ‘Islamic fascism’ raises question of term’s usefulness
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's use of the term “Islamic fascism” to describe the conspirators in a foiled London airline bombing plot echoes many conservatives who have employed versions of the term in recent years to discuss Islamic-based terrorism. But…
Correction
In the Aug. 15 story “Are secular newspapers ready for Christian cartoons?” please change the name of the comic strip to “Heaven's Love Thrift Shop.” It was initially listed as “Heaven's Love Gift Shop.”
The Church as a Community of Peace
The carnage in the Middle East has moved me toward the breaking point on the entire business of war. I am genuinely wondering whether as a Christian moral thinker, it is my place to offer support for war, even in…
Churches transformed by Katrina help rebuild New Orleans — house by house
Robert Marus/ABP Steven Meriwether, pastor of St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, places prefabricated flooring in a flooded home that volunteers from the church and others have worked to gut and renovate. NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Hurricane Katrina…
Are secular newspapers ready for Christian cartoons?
DALLAS (ABP) — Christian cartoons are nothing new. They're everywhere from gospel tracts to Christian magazines and newsletters. But a Christian cartoon as a nationally syndicated feature in secular newspapers? That's almost unprecedented. Despite the fact cartoonist Kevin Frank's upcoming…
Legendary liberal W.W. Finlator fought segregation, poverty, war
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — One of the most outspoken and legendary liberals in Southern Baptist life has died. William Wallace Finlator “thought the German theologian Karl Barth was right that a preacher should preach with a Bible in one hand…
Bush picks low-profile leader to head faith-based office
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush has chosen a low-profile think-tank leader to head the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Bush announced Aug. 3 that he had tapped Jay Hein, currently president of the conservative Sagamore Institute for…
Alabama area, one year after storm, still relying on hope, volunteers
Robert Marus/ABP Amy Walker (seated) tearfully expresses thanks to community-service groups at a media-studded ceremony where she received the keys to a new mobile home provided through a collaboration between religious, commercial and government organizations. BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (ABP)…
Judge orders Missouri convention, university to pursue mediation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Baptist University must sit down and discuss possible solutions to their ongoing legal battle. In 2002 the convention sued five of its agencies that decided to elect their own…