KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (ABP) — The famous towel producer Charles Cannon built First Baptist Church in Kannapolis, N.C., when Cannon Mills provided both engine and fuel for the aging textile town 27 miles north of Charlotte. He wanted a good church…
Soccer league opens church door for family
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (ABP) — When the soccer season sponsored and funded by First Baptist Church in Kannapolis, N.C., began to wind down, Chris and Jennifer Roman realized they were going to miss the new friends they found while mingling with…
Missouri pastor nominated to lead Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
ATLANTA (ABP) — Keith Herron, senior pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., has been nominated to be the next moderator-elect for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Renée Bennett, chief operating officer with Morningstar Children and Family Services,…
Young Texas pastor found dead
Clint Dobson ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A 28-year-old Baptist pastor and Truett Seminary graduate was found dead and his 67-year-old ministry assistant severely beaten inside their church on Thursday afternoon, March 3. Police haven't released a cause of death for…
LifeWay backs off ‘read with discernment’ label for books
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Southern Baptist bookstores quietly have suspended a four-year-old program that alerted customers to read with “discernment” books by several up-and-coming authors whose books “could be considered inconsistent with historical evangelical theology.” Chris Rodgers, director of product…
Attention to anti-gay protest group worries fellow Baptists
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) – A tiny independent Kansas congregation composed mostly of extended family members of founding pastor Fred Phelps captured headlines March 2 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 their controversial “God Hates Fags” protests at funerals…
Bluefield community supports Bluefield College football
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College’s new football program received a boost Feb. 28 when the town of Bluefield gave the Virginia Baptist-affiliated school $5,000 to help underwrite startup costs. Mayor Don Harris and town council members presented a check during…
Community supports Bluefield College football
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College’s new football program received a boost Feb. 28 when the town of Bluefield gave the Virginia Baptist-affiliated school $5,000 to help underwrite startup costs. Mayor Don Harris and town council members presented a check during…
Supreme Court sides with Westboro Baptist Church
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on March 2 that anti-gay protests outside of military funerals by a controversial Kansas Baptist church clan are protected speech under the First Amendment. The ruling overturned a jury decision…
Evelyn Stagg, role model for Baptist women in ministry, dies at 96
Evelyn Stagg LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Evelyn Stagg, a trailblazer for Southern Baptist women in ministry, died Feb. 28. She was 96. Born Evelyn Owen in Ruston, La., she was married for 66 years to Frank Stagg, a professor at…
ASK THE ARCHITECT: Master planning — Looking at a church’s site
Today we turn a corner in the series of articles that I have contributed thus far. Previous writings have focused on the start-up activities of a building program — the formation of a building committee, an overview of the process,…
OUT LOUD
“If we were to absolutely be honest with ourselves, how much time do we actually spend — even in the lives and programming of many of our churches — in teaching anyone … anything substantial about and from the Word…