WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Washington Post reporter has uncovered a confidential document laying out plans by disgruntled American Episcopalians ultimately to supplant their national denomination in the eyes of global Anglican leaders. Conservative leaders within the Episcopal Church USA, who…
Bush announces further expansion of government grants to church groups
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Speaking from a pulpit once used by Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush announced Jan. 15 a further expansion of the government's ability to fund social services through churches and other religious groups. The announcement is…
Spiritual revival is key to ending homelessness, workers say
DALLAS — (ABP) — A personal spiritual revival is the key for homeless individuals to overcome their multitude of issues and get off the street, according to leaders of Christian ministries. Ministries providing food, clothing and job training are effectively…
Conservative Episcopalians meet to provide further shape to network
WOODBRIDGE, Va. (ABP) — A massive gathering of conservative Episcopalians met in a suburb of Washington Jan. 9-10 to encourage each other and further discuss the shape of a new network of churches within the Episcopal Church in the United…
Former Illinois Baptist president nabbed in prostitution crackdown
BETHALO, Ill. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist and Illinois Baptist leader is scheduled to appear in court in February on a charge that he solicited a prostitute in a carwash parking lot. Charles West, former president of the Illinois Baptist…
Stacy to leave Gardner-Webb for Jacksonville pastorate
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — By a unanimous vote Jan. 11, Wayne Stacy, dean of the divinity school at Gardner-Webb University, will become pastor of a church in Florida. A South Florida native, Stacy, 53, was presented to the 1,600-member Southside…
Some conservative, messianic Jews criticize evangelicals for alliances
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Conservative evangelicals involved in an anti-gay-marriage coalition are drawing fire from some of their ideological and spiritual comrades over associations with a Muslim group. A prominent Southern Baptist and other conservative evangelical leaders have denounced a coalition…
Group ranks ‘meanest’ cities in growing ‘hostility’ to homeless
WASHINGTON (ABP) — American cities are becoming increasingly hostile to the plight of the homeless, according to a report by an advocacy group. Almost 70 percent of the cities studied by National Coalition for the Homeless have passed one or…
New model for homeless ministry provides long-term hope, real change, leaders say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — New approaches to helping the homeless population are designed not only to get people warmed and fed but also to help them find jobs and permanent housing. Traditional ministries — which provide meals, clothes and temporary…