PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — Trustees of Louisiana College announced Sept. 30 that conservative seminary scholar Malcolm Yarnell will be the embattled school's eighth president. Yarnell, assistant dean of theological studies and associate professor of systemic theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological…
Anti-schools resolution expected to surface in 10 state conventions
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (ABP) — Although a resolution urging Christians to pull their children from public schools failed to gain approval of the Southern Baptist Convention last summer, the issue is expected to come to a vote in as many as…
Religious-Right pioneer Ed McAteer dead at 78
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Southern Baptist layman credited with being the “godfather” of the modern Religious Right is dead at age 78. Ed McAteer died after a long battle with myeloma, a form of cancer, on the morning of Oct….
Negative stereotypes of Muslims common among Americans, new survey reveals
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new survey commissioned by an Islamic civil-rights group offers both good news and bad for American Muslims. The Council on American-Islamic Relations released the nationwide poll of 1,000 respondents Oct. 4. It showed, among other things,…
Supreme Court turns away Roy Moore one final time
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Roy Moore's long legal saga over the Ten Commandments, which began with a bang, has ended in a whimper. The U.S. Supreme Court, beginning its 2004-2005 term Oct. 4, declined without comment to hear Moore's appeal of…
Court: Catholic contraceptive coverage continues in California
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the first day of their new term, the Supreme Court declined to review a decision by a California court requiring some religious charities to provide their employees with health insurance for contraceptive drugs. Beginning their 2004-2005…
Virginia man collects 13 million can tabs for kidney dialysis
HARRISONBURG, Va. (ABP) — Bryan Acker is a collector. He doesn't collect autographs or postage stamps or fine art. Acker collects tabs from aluminum cans. During the past 10 years, he's collected over 13 million of them, helping kidney dialysis…
Support for special-needs families is all around, chaplain says
MOUNT LEBANON, Texas (ABP) — Emotional and spiritual support for parents of special-needs children is all around them, but they have to take advantage of those opportunities, according to a chaplain who ministers to mentally challenged people. Parents can find…
Former Alabama drug dealer trades crime for pastorate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — He's a former drug dealer and gang member, hardly the credentials sought by most churches looking for pastors. But Huey Harris' dramatic conversion from gangster to preacher has opened doors of ministry in the roughest areas…