WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist preacher and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has landed in hot water for comments critical of Islam. The former Arkansas governor and potential 2012 presidential hopeful criticized two Protestant churches that opened their doors to Muslims…
Baptist disaster-relief pioneer reflects on lessons learned
DALLAS (ABP) — A Baptist disaster-relief pioneer has published a long-awaited memoir about more than 40 years of meeting human need. John LaNoue recounts examples of the “activity of God” in Texas Baptist Men disaster relief ministries during the dedication…
World Vision wins on ‘Jeopardy!’
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (ABP) — A Christian relief organization won big in a man-versus-machine contest pitting a computer against two human champions on the TV game show Jeopardy! Watson, the computer designed to rival a human's ability to answer questions…
National debt a new hot issue for evangelicals
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Many economists warn the government’s huge national debt is a looming threat to long-term prosperity. And according to a growing number of conservative Christians, it also is immoral. As Washington debates President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget, the…
Gospel writers harmonize; they don’t sing the melody of Jesus in unison
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Reading the Gospels is less like listening to a solo than to a choir singing in four-part harmony, a Duke University scholar said at the 2011 Winter Pastors’ School at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary. Richard Hays,…
Motorcycle wreck kills Baptist pastor
EDMOND, Okla. (ABP) — A prominent Southern Baptist pastor in Oklahoma died Feb. 16 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle wreck. Alan Day Alan Day, 62, pastor of First Baptist Church in Edmond, Okla., for more than 25 years, reportedly…
Tom Elliff nominated as IMB president
RICHMOND, Va. — Tom Elliff, a longtime Oklahoma pastor and former missionary, has been nominated to be president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. Elliff, 66, is the choice of a 15-member search committee to succeed Jerry Rankin,…
Tom Elliff nominee for new IMB president
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Tom Elliff, a former longtime pastor and missionary, is the unanimous choice of a 15-member search committee for a new president of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board, according to Baptist Press. Elliff, 66, will…
Tom Elliff, longtime pastor, nominated to be SBC mission board president
RICHMOND, Va. — Tom Elliff, a longtime Oklahoma pastor and former missionary, has been nominated to be president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. Elliff, 66, is the choice of a 15-member search committee to succeed Jerry Rankin,…
Memories, lessons recalled from historic bombed church
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — Carolyn McKinstry pointed to a doorway in the balcony of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and memories started rushing back — good ones. “I used to run all over this place as a little kid,” she said….
Church membership trends unchanged
NEW YORK (ABP) — Pentecostals, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses gained ground, mainline churches continued to decline and growth in the largest two denominations — Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists — remained stagnant, according to new statistics compiled by the National…
Church membership trends unchanged
NEW YORK (ABP) — Pentecostals, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses gained ground, mainline churches continued to decline and growth in the largest two denominations — Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists — remained stagnant, according to new statistics compiled by the National…