With more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States, it's an issue that's not going away. Foster care is a temporary living arrangement for children who have been taken from their families as a result of abuse,…
Family offers ministry of presence in Colombia
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — One night after nine months in Colombia, Susanne Walker-Wilson poked her sleeping husband, Greg, to tell him a strange man was in their house, speaking aloud in Spanish. Greg and Susanne Walker-Wilson with sons Caleb and…
Zimbabwe Baptist seminary principal fired
GWERU, Zimbabwe (ABP) – The principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe has been fired for refusing to accept changes made to the school’s governing documents including adherence to a Southern Baptist Convention faith statement that forbids women from…
Zimbabwe Baptist seminary principal fired in faith statement dispute
GWERU, Zimbabwe (ABP) — The principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe — who has taught at Baptist divinity schools in Virginia and North Carolina — has been fired for refusing to accept changes made to the school’s governing…
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Women in ministry pioneer seeks glimpses of holy as prison chaplain
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — When Nancy Sehested finished her powerful sermon at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina state meeting in March, people were moved both by the message and had to ask, “Where has she been?” Nancy Sehested…
Baptists in Azerbaijan warned not to meet without state approval
OSLO, Norway (ABP) – Police in Azerbaijan raided a Baptist church in June in the port city of Sumgait, and a judge warned the congregation’s leader that he would be fined for a second offense of meeting for worship without…
U.S. Baptists provide funds for drought-ravaged East Africa
ATLANTA (ABP) – Baptist groups in the United States have sent funds to provide food for drought victims in East Africa. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship sent an initial $5,000 to aid programs for refugees pouring into Kenya from Somalia. Food…
Women in ministry pioneer seeks glimpses of holy as prison chaplain
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — When Nancy Sehested finished her powerful sermon at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina state meeting in March, people were moved both by the message and to ask, “Where has she been?” As one of…
State Department tries to raise visibility of religious freedom
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Often accused of ignoring religion as they craft foreign policy, the White House and State Department are trying to show that religion is a rising priority for U.S. diplomacy. The most recent case in point: Secretary of…
High profile for religious freedom
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Often accused of ignoring religion as they craft foreign policy, the White House and State Department are trying to show that religion is a rising priority for U.S. diplomacy. The most recent case in point: Secretary of…
BWA expresses solidarity with Baptists in Norway
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – The head of the Baptist World Alliance has sent a letter of solidarity to Baptists in Norway in response to recent mass killings in that country that claimed at least 76 lives. Neville Callam, general…