Please note in the Aug. 2 story “Randel Everett to resign from Leland Center in Va.” that Everett spells his first name with only one L — Randel.
Johnson will teach preaching at McAfee School for a year
ATLANTA (ABP) — Former Texas pastor Charles Johnson will serve a one-year appointment as visiting instructor of preaching at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology. Johnson served for the past five years as senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church of…
CBF sends aid to world’s hotspots: Middle East and Indonesia
ATLANTA (ABP) — As Lebanese citizens are relocated during the continued violence in the Middle East, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has donated $15,000 for relief efforts in the war-torn nation. The Fellowship also recently gave $5,000 in relief funds for…
North Carolina couple does ‘God’s work’ from camper, armory in Katrina territory
Hannah Elliott/ABP GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP) — It would take an act of God for most people to quit their jobs, move away from friends and family and commit to living for two years in a camper in Katrina-ravaged Gulfport, Miss….
Stranded Lebanese academic to address American Baptist missions conference
GREEN LAKE, Wis. (ABP) — A Lebanese Baptist minister critical of American evangelical Protestants' overwhelming support for Israel will address an American Baptist Churches missions conference Aug. 4. Martin Accad's address to participants at the ABCUSA International Ministries world missions…
Gore documentary film exposes diversity in evangelical opinion on environment
DALLAS (ABP) — A recent movie by Al Gore has helped reveal a diversity of opinion among Christians when it comes to the environment. While in recent years some evangelical and conservative groups have begun to acknowledge the case for…
Randel Everett to resign from Leland Center in Va.
ARLINGTON, Va. (ABP) — Randel Everett will resign at the end of the year as president of the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, where he has served for the past nine years. “These past nine years have been an…
Washington Supreme Court latest to rule against same-sex marriage
OLYMPIA, Wash. (ABP) — In the latest of several setbacks for gay-rights activists, Washington's Supreme Court narrowly voted to uphold that state's ban on same-sex marriage July 26. In a 5-4 decision, the state's highest court ruled against two groups…
Baptist groups in Europe, U.S. advocate cease-fire in Lebanon
WASHINGTON (ABP) — As American and European Baptist leaders called for an immediate cease-fire of hostilities between Israel and militant wings of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the Bush administration dismissed any cease-fire that does not include disarming Hezbollah. Leaders of…
Former California Baptist educator, director dies of cancer
FRESNO, Calif. (ABP) — Valton Prince, who directed what is now the discipleship training ministry for the California Southern Baptist Convention, died of cancer July 22. He was 87. Prince worked for the California convention from 1965 to 1981. He…
Candid exchange between professors shows Baptist rift over Israel-Lebanon
WASHINGTON (ABP) — As hostilities in Lebanon and Israel continue, an Arab Baptist professor called on American evangelicals to look at the situation through Lebanese eyes. Martin Accad of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut is a Lebanese Baptist…
Senate votes to limit abortion options for teens in parental-consent states
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Senate voted July 25 to penalize those who transport teenage girls across state lines for abortions in order to circumvent parental-consent laws. The action is the first major abortion legislation the Senate has passed during this…