JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Foundation is asking a judge to delay enforcement of a ruling that returns control of the breakaway entity to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Missouri Baptist Convention won its legal action against the Missouri…
Westboro Baptist Church to make unwelcome appearance at funerals
TUSCON, Ariz. (ABP) — Arizonans are up in arms over plans by Westboro Baptist Church to picket the funerals of six people gunned down in Tuscon Jan. 8. Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., a small independent congregation notorious for…
Missouri Baptist leaders call special meeting to discuss resignation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The executive board of the Missouri Baptist Convention will convene Friday, Jan. 14, in a special meeting to hear details of the state executive director's resignation for "immoral behavior." In an internal e-mail dated Jan….
Website highlights Baptists in Civil War
ATLANTA (ABP) — The American Civil War led Baptists in the South to forsake their historic commitment to the separation of church and state and embrace Christian nationalism, the head of a Baptist history organization says on a new website….
Initiative aims to improve housing, employment situations in Haiti
(ABP) — Help Build Hope Haiti organizers envision mobilizing Christians — and other people of good will — in the United States to provide permanent housing for Haitian families, many of whom lost their homes to an earthquake that devastated…
Leaders call for prayer, aid as Sudan votes on future
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – With southern Sudan likely to vote for independence from the Muslim-dominated north of the country in a Jan. 9 referendum, Baptist and other Christian leaders have repeated calls for prayer and international assistance to ensure…
Filmmaker discusses forgiveness on NBC
NEW YORK (ABP) — A former Oklahoma state senator turned Hollywood filmmaker who plays his father in a new movie said a scene re-enacting his parents' murder 31 years ago was harder than he expected but worth it. Brooks Douglass,…
Mo. convention cites ‘immoral behavior’ in exec’s resignation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Convention issued a press release early on the afternoon of Jan. 7 announcing the resignation of MBC Executive Director David Tolliver. “With deep regret we announce Dr. David Tolliver has resigned as…
Baptist leader calls on Nigeria’s president to ensure safety
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — The head of the Baptist World Alliance called on Nigeria's president to take action to prevent further violence like an attack that killed the pastor and several members of a Baptist church on Christmas Eve….
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Robert Edwards, to New Bridge Church, Sandston, as senior pastor. INSTALLATION: Timothy Neal Madison was installed as the third pastor of Mechanicsville Baptist Church on Oct. 18. He had served as pastor of the Madison Heights Baptist…
EDITORIAL: Which crown would you want?
In my opinion, Carrie Prejean is an example of what is wrong with American Christianity. Two weeks ago if you had asked me, “Who is Carrie Prejean?,” I’m not sure I could have remembered. But last Tuesday morning, before I…
HERITAGE: Glad times in Charlotte
When court is in session, there must be some folks walking about in Charlotte Courthouse, Va.; but otherwise there are not many reasons to produce a crowd. There’s a drug store, a convenience store, a large public school, a few…