WASHINGTON (ABP) — Five historically African-American Baptist denominations that collaborated last year for Haiti relief made a second grant of $500,000 Jan. 12 to build homes through Habitat for Humanity International. Announced on the one-year anniversary of the Haiti quake,…
One year after quake, Haiti faces long road to recovery
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) — Despite unprecedented generosity by religious charities, the progress of recovery efforts remains slow on the one-year anniversary of a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last Jan. 12. "The progress is slow, maybe not as…
Church arsonists get maximum penalty
TYLER, Texas (ABP) — The mother of one of two men sentenced Jan. 10 to life in prison for burning down a string of East Texas churches said she believes the punishment does not fit the crime. Jason Bourque "No…
Foundation moves for amendment to or stay of Cole County ruling
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Foundation is asking a judge to delay enforcement of a ruling that returns control of the breakaway entity to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Missouri Baptist Convention won its legal action against the Missouri…
Westboro Baptist Church to make unwelcome appearance at funerals
TUSCON, Ariz. (ABP) — Arizonans are up in arms over plans by Westboro Baptist Church to picket the funerals of six people gunned down in Tuscon Jan. 8. Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., a small independent congregation notorious for…
Missouri Baptist leaders call special meeting to discuss resignation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The executive board of the Missouri Baptist Convention will convene Friday, Jan. 14, in a special meeting to hear details of the state executive director's resignation for "immoral behavior." In an internal e-mail dated Jan….
Website highlights Baptists in Civil War
ATLANTA (ABP) — The American Civil War led Baptists in the South to forsake their historic commitment to the separation of church and state and embrace Christian nationalism, the head of a Baptist history organization says on a new website….
Initiative aims to improve housing, employment situations in Haiti
(ABP) — Help Build Hope Haiti organizers envision mobilizing Christians — and other people of good will — in the United States to provide permanent housing for Haitian families, many of whom lost their homes to an earthquake that devastated…
Leaders call for prayer, aid as Sudan votes on future
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – With southern Sudan likely to vote for independence from the Muslim-dominated north of the country in a Jan. 9 referendum, Baptist and other Christian leaders have repeated calls for prayer and international assistance to ensure…