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…
VITAL SIGNS: Life by the clock or life by the compass?
Which do you live by: Clock or compass? If the clock dictates, your life is consumed with the immediate and pressing issues of the moment. Clock-life is focused on short-term results. If the clock rules, you find yourself racing from…
EDITORIAL: Pewboy makes progress
Pewboy’s perpetually glad countenance, characterized by a wide and happy smile, had given way to a more somber and pensive visage. With brow furrowed and chin resting on clasped hands he gave the appearance of a chess player methodically searching…