WASHINGTON (ABP) – It took 10 months, but on April 14 the U.S. Senate approved President Obama’s nomination of a new ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Suzan Johnson Cook Obama originally nominated Suzan Johnson Cook, an American Baptist…
Editor calls for resolution targeting Westboro Baptist Church
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) – A Baptist newspaper editor says it is time for the state’s Southern Baptists to take a public stand against a tiny Kansas congregation known for pickets across the country with signs reading “God Hates Fags.”…
Supreme Court sides with Texas in case involving prisoner’s rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled April 20 that a federal law protecting the religious liberty of prison inmates does not entitle a prisoner to monetary damages if that right is denied. Brent Walker of the Baptist…
Wildfires destroy church facility
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas (ABP) — Wildfires that rampage across parts of Texas destroyed most of the facilities of a Baptist church. Wildfires hit Baptist church. More than 90 wildfires have broken out across the state, torching about 1 million…
Baptist supports religious freedom for Muslims
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) – A Baptist church-state expert criticized arguments used by opponents of building mosques in the United States that Islam is not a religion and therefore undeserving of protection of the First Amendment. Melissa Rogers delivers Shurden lectures…
Online auction to raise legal fees for custody battle
WACO, Texas (ABP) – Items are being collected for an online auction to help with legal fees for the parents of a slain Baptist pastor’s wife who are seeking custody of their granddaughters while the girls’ father serves prison time…
Donors pledge $500,000 in matching gift campaign for BTSR
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Five anonymous donors have pledged to match up to $500,000 in contributions to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond over the next year, to assist the school as it begins a process of moving to a new…
Central Seminary dedicates chapel
SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) – Central Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated two days April 7-8 dedicating a new chapel and with an open house featuring tours of recently completed capital improvements. The seminary broke ground for the Baugh-Marshall Chapel in 2009. Construction…
Tornado destroys Virginia church
DELTAVILLE, Va. (ABP) — The sanctuary of Zoar Baptist Church in Deltaville, Va., was destroyed by a tornado that touched down at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 — just hours before the building would have been full of worshipers. Zoar's…