WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, only a month after one of its sister courts declared the law unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of…
Louisiana College won’t review book policy, trustee chair says
PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — Trustees of Louisiana College don't plan to revise the new policy that requires textbooks to be approved by administrators, says chairperson Joe Nesom, despite student and faculty protests and threats from alumni to withdraw financial support….
Chowan College trustees put search on hold, extend interim president
MURFREESBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The trustees of Chowan College have dissolved the committee searching for a new president and authorized Interim President Chris White to use the title of president for now, according to trustee chairperson Bynum Brown. Trustees said…
News briefs from ABP’s Washington Bureau
Judge Moore appeals dismissal to colleagues MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Deposed Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has asked his former colleagues to reverse his removal from office. Moore filed a notice of appeal Dec. 10 with the Alabama Supreme Court. In…
Southeastern to recommend Daniel Akin as sixth president
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) – Daniel Akin, academic dean at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will be recommended as president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary next month, according to a search committee. A special meeting of Southeastern's trustees has been set…
As Congress adjourns for holidays church-state issues left pending
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Congress has adjourned until late January, and several significant church-state issues are left hanging in the legislative balance. The Senate went into recess Dec. 9 after failing to pass an omnibus funding bill for several federal agencies….
Standard hires Ken Camp as managing editor
DALLAS (ABP) — Veteran Texas Baptist journalist Ken Camp has been named managing editor of the Baptist Standard. Camp, 43, has worked in the Baptist General Convention of Texas news office since 1984. For the past seven years, he has…
CBF using million-dollar gifts to keep missionaries on field during lean times
ATLANTA (ABP) — Some missions personnel might never have reached the field, while others might be at home now taking early retirement, if not for two large anonymous gifts that the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship received in the past two years….
Carolina church develops integrated e-ministry
COLUMBIA, S.C. (ABP) — Media technology is changing so fast that churches trying to keep up can get exhausted. But at least one church in South Carolina is making an effort to develop a churchwide electronic strategy. Today churches all…