Authorities say skeletal remains discovered last week on the family farm are confirmed to belong to a Missouri Baptist woman missing for more than two years. According to local media, an anthropologist with the St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office positively…
Skeletal remains likely those of missing lobbyist’s wife
Authorities in St. Genevieve, Mo., say skeletal remains found on a Missouri Baptist lobbyist’s farm are likely the body of his wife who has been missing for 28 months. Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff Gary Stolzer told local media a body…
Baptist pastor defends Muslim friends
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pastor in Oklahoma defended two imam friends accused by a state legislator of being terrorists. Rep. John Bennett (R-Sallisaw) said at a state Capitol hearing last week that Muslim groups operating in Oklahoma and across the…
Former Baylor president says his ouster wasn’t sudden
Former Baylor University President Ken Starr says in a forthcoming book that he was already on the way out when he was fired abruptly in May. He was let go amid a sexual assault scandal that prompted a federal investigation…
White House panel report says system, not personal decisions, drive poverty
A White House advisory panel report released Oct. 27 said that in order to fight poverty, the United States must acknowledge and address disparities and unequal treatment — economically, socially and politically — that face communities of color. The White House Advisory…
Former Baptist World Aid head working for American Baptists
The former director of Baptist World Aid has a new job with American Baptist Home Mission Societies. ABHMS Executive Director Jeffrey Haggray announced Oct. 26 the hiring of Rothangliani Chhangte as special assistant to the executive director for strategic priorities and…
NCC welcomes US abstention in UN Cuba vote
The head of the National Council of Churches applauded a symbolic non-vote on a perennial U.N. resolution as a step forward in normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba. The U.N. General Assembly has previously adopted 25 resolutions calling…
Presidential debate prompts pastor to get personal about abortion
Comments about abortion in the final U.S. presidential debate prompted a well-known pastor and columnist to break her silence about her own painful experience with late-term abortion. Amy Butler, pastor of Riverside Church in New York City and contributing columnist…
Church opens prayer garden to pet lovers
“All dogs go to heaven” may be debatable theologically, but in Roanoke, Va., there’s a place where canines can go to church. Welcome to “dog chapel” at Colonial Avenue Baptist Church, a 53-year-old congregation affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship….
Baptist official critiques ‘quick fixes’ to challenges churches face
Quick fixes like contemporary worship and missional outreach can’t fix what ails U.S. churches, an American Baptist official said in a recent lecture at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. “There are no quick fixes,” Jeff Woods, associate general secretary for regional…
Russell Moore: Religious Right must change or die
If the Religious Right is to survive, it must embrace a “gospel-centered” evangelicalism that articulates why and how Christianity matters rather than using religion as a means toward a political end, the Southern Baptist Convention’s top spokesman for public policy…
Judge says girls suing church can remain anonymous
A Kansas judge has ruled that two victims of sexual assault suing a Southern Baptist church will remain anonymous in court proceedings. Johnson County District Court Judge Kevin Moriarty granted a motion last month allowing the plaintiffs to proceed using pseudonyms…