Cover of Sad Isn’t Bad: A Good-Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss by Michaelene Mundy. (ABP) — Pastors recommended the following books as particularly helpful to people who have experienced loss and to Christians who are seeking to minister…
Belmont center of gay-rights dispute
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A private, historically Baptist Christian college has sparked a national media firestorm over its successful women's soccer coach leaving her job shortly after telling members of her team that she is gay. Lisa Howe Officials at…
Robin Stoops named ABC regional minister for Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (ABP) — Veteran Midwestern pastor Robin Stoops has been named the new regional minister for the American Baptist Churches of Nebraska, according to American Baptist News Service. Stoops, currently pastor of First Baptist Church of Norfolk, Neb., will…
As House passes DREAM Act, advocates make final Senate push
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill late Dec. 8 that would offer a path to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Faith leaders are mounting a final push to get the measure through the…
NAMB trustee resigns over Ezell’s actions
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CUMMING, Ga. (ABP) — A trustee has resigned from the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board saying he does not share the vision of the agency's new president. Lester Cooper "I believe that throughout my life, and particularly as…
BJC’s Walker to receive religious-freedom award
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) – The executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty will be honored for his efforts by a Virginia group that celebrates the United States’ first law codifying religious freedom. Brent Walker The Washington-based BJC…
Everett to leave BGCT for pastorate
MIDLAND, Texas (ABP) — The executive director of Southern Baptists' largest state convention is leaving his post after less than three years to return to the pastorate. {youtube}LVwtQnHexEY{/youtube} The Baptist General Convention of Texas announced Dec. 6 that Randel Everett…
Survey of pastors: Bush, Palin Christians; Obama, Oprah, Beck not
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A majority of Protestant pastors believes that George W. Bush and Sarah Palin are Christians but President Obama, Glenn Beck and Oprah Winfrey are not. Those are findings of a LifeWay Research survey of 1,000 pastors…
Church honors advocate for abuse victims
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A sometimes-controversial black Southern Baptist preacher recently honored an also-outspoken advocate for victims of sex abuse by Baptist clergy. Dwight McKissic and Christa Brown Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, presented Christa…