MONROE, N.C. (ABP) — A single idea to make evangelistic dolls for children in other lands seeded an ecumenical project in North Carolina that has united women of many different churches to touch hearts worldwide. "I don't see people," said…
Australian Baptist leaders clarify stance on gay marriage
MELBOURNE, Australia (ABP) – Australian Baptist leaders distanced themselves from comments supporting gay marriage made by a pastor on national television. Nathan Nettleton, pastor of South Yarra Community Baptist Church in Melbourne, said in a panel discussion July 10 on…
Faith leaders join challenge to Alabama’s immigration law
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Faith leaders joined a coalition of civil-rights groups to file a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new immigration law described by Gov. Robert Bentley as the strongest in the country. Greater Birmingham Ministries, a multi-racial organization representing…
Book asks ‘Is God a Christian?’
MACON, Ga. (ABP) – The author of a 1996 book that critics labeled heresy has released another title that is being met with similar controversy. Kirby Godsey Kirby Godsey, who served 27 years as president of Mercer University before being…
Baptist World Alliance presents human-rights award
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) – A Baptist leader who helped broker peace among rival factions in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland accepted the 2011 Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award July 9. Wati Aier, principal…
Baptist leaders join coalition in calling for action against Iran
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Several Southern Baptists joined a coalition of Christian leaders claiming to represent 25 million Americans sending letters to President Obama and foreign ambassadors and heads of state opposing efforts by Iran to get the United Nations to…
Vietnam napalm girl now an advocate for peace
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ABP) — You may not know her name, but if you were born before 1970 you have seen Kim Phuc’s picture. She is the 9-year-old girl seen running burned and naked in Nick Ut’s 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning photo…
BWA to explore dialogue with Pentecostals, Orthodox
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) – Conversations between Baptists and Pentecostals are scheduled in December to explore formal dialogue between the two large Christian traditions. Neville Callam, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, announced at leadership meetings July 7 in…
BWA commission urges continued dialogue with Muslims
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) — Baptists must continue to dialogue with Muslims around the world in hopes of promoting “peaceful living together,” a Baptist World Alliance commission concluded July 6. Nicholas Wood (left), director of the Oxford Centre for Christianity…