OSLO (ABP) – The leader of a Baptist church in Uzbekistan was fined 80 times the minimum monthly wage Nov. 21 for holding what authorities considered an illegal religious meeting outside of a registered house of worship. Forum 18, a…
Parole decision delayed for former music minister convicted of abuse
BENTON, Ark. (ABP) – The Arkansas Parole Board is reportedly postponing a decision about whether to release a convicted sex offender after two years of a 10-year prison term for sexual abuse of multiple boys while a longtime music minister…
Scholars say evangelicals tinkering with the Trinity
MINNEAPOLIS (ABP) – A group of evangelical scholars has released a statement labeling an increasingly popular teaching about gender roles a revival of an ancient heresy concerning the nature of God. Released Nov. 7, “An Evangelical Statement on the Trinity”…
Baylor professor fighting dismissal charges
WACO, Texas (ABP) – A Baylor University professor is fighting dismissal charges that supporters say are aimed at silencing a dissident voice in America’s Jewish community. Marc Ellis According to published reports, Marc Ellis, university professor of Jewish studies and…
Church leader questioned about handling of sexual abuse allegation
CLINTON, Miss. (ABP) – Questions about a Mississippi Baptist church’s handling of child sex-abuse allegations against a former minister are focusing on a church elder and politician who is nominated as the state legislature’s first Republican Speaker of the House…
Race issue rises in St. Louis Covenant dialogue
ST. LOUIS (ABP) – While society has gotten beyond much of the racism that mars American history, it still exists in ways that people don’t like to discuss, two pastors said at a session of the recent New Baptist Covenant…
Australian Baptists oppose detention of asylum seekers
SYDNEY (ABP) – Australian Baptist leaders have called on their government to make it easier for asylum seekers fleeing religious, ethnic or political persecution to gain protection as refugees. A policy on immigration and asylum seekers adopted by the Australian…
Baptist schools in Kansas, Myanmar collaborate for D.Min.
SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) – A dozen students and three faculty members from the Myanmar Institute of Theology spent two weeks in October on the campus of Central Baptist Theological Seminary for a new doctor of ministry degree collaboration between Baptist…
CBS News to focus on Burmese refugees at Kentucky church
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Media attention to this week’s groundbreaking visit to Myanmar by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will include a network news story featuring a Kentucky Baptist church that has become a spiritual home for resettled refugees in…