KELLER, Texas (ABP) — In an increasingly connected world where “religion is furiously alive,” the matter of how people of faith can live with their deep differences assumes growing importance, social critic and author Os Guinness told a Texas Baptist…
Retired American Baptist regional exec Dennis Norris dies
CLEVELAND (ABP) — Dennis Norris, who led American Baptists in the Cleveland metropolitan area from 1987 to 2005, died Nov. 5. He was 75. Dennis Norris, in an undated photo from his seminary days. (Courtesy Norris family) “Our hearts are…
Georgia Baptists oust second church with woman pastor
ALBANY, Ga. (ABP) – For the second year in a row, the Georgia Baptist Convention has withdrawn fellowship from one of its most historic member churches for calling a woman as pastor. Geogia Baptists have declared a second church led…
Love of God communicated best in multi-ethnic churches, pastor insists
KELLER, Texas (ABP) — Churches in the United States are 10 times more segregated than the neighborhoods in which they are located and 20 times more homogeneous than the nearest public schools, the pastor of a multi-ethnic church in Arkansas…
End-times theology hurts Christians, speaker says
KELLER—End times theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a general session…
Former British Baptist head David Russell dies
BRISTOL, England (ABP) – David Russell, who served as general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain during a crucial period, has died. He was 94. David Russell As British Baptists’ top executive from 1967 to 1982, Russell aided…
Retired missionary’s ‘ministry of trash’ grows out of fitness habit
IRONTON, Mo. (ABP) — One Missouri Baptist woman's "ministry of trash" has made her somewhat famous in the Show-Me State — and invaluable to the Baptist retirement community where she lives. Ruth Ann Short, now a resident at The Baptist…
American Baptists send funds to fight cholera in Haiti
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — American Baptist Churches USA sent an initial contribution of $15,000 to fight Haiti's cholera outbreak, the denomination's news service reported Nov. 11. The money, from an interdenominational relief program called One Great Hour of Sharing,…
Baptist paper’s libel suit dismissed
DALLAS (ABP) — A libel case brought against the Baptist Standard, the Baptist General Convention of Texas and other parties by church-starter Otto Arango has been settled. Judge Bobby Flores of the 139th Judicial District Court in Hidalgo County dismissed…
Texas Baptists provide supplies for victims of violence in Mexico
McALLEN, Texas (ABP) — Texas Baptists and Buckner International delivered food and supplies Nov. 10 to 300 Mexicans displaced from their homes in an area south of Falcon Lake, Texas, controlled by drug cartels. Officials asked the specific city not…
American Baptists offer resources translated into Karen
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — American Baptist Home Mission Societies have translated six popular online church resources into Karen, a language spoken by increasing numbers of Burmese refugees settling into Baptist churches in the United States. According to American Baptist…
British police investigating minister who confessed to abuse in U.S.
FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) — British police are investigating whether a Baptist minister who confessed to sexually abusing two boys in the United States had other victims in the United Kingdom. Robert Dando, 46, former senior minister at Worcester Park Baptist…