Vicki Hollon LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The Wayne E. Oates Institute has announced a $40,000 challenge gift from anonymous donors to honor leadership of Vicki Hollon, the group's executive director since 1996 who steps down at the end of November….
‘Fireproof’ actor Kirk Cameron shares testimony at Baptist college
HANNIBAL, Mo, (ABP) — Actor Kirk Cameron drew amens from 1,100 listeners as he shared his salvation experience, lessons he learned from a movie about marriage and information about his current project. Kirk Cameron (Hannibal-LaGrange University/Beth Sowers photo) Cameron, best…
Harry Potter presents contemporary gospel narrative, professor says
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — A bespectacled teenaged wizard with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead might not look like an image of Christ to most people, but evangelical pop-culture observer Greg Garrett sees similarities he says are definite. “Harry Potter…
Concert benefits hunger ministry
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A free concert at a Texas Baptist church turned into a blessing for the city's hungry and homeless. When members of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra approached Broadway Baptist Church about staging a concert as…
About one-third of BGAV churches represented at 2010 annual meeting
RICHMOND, Va. — About a third of eligible churches were represented at the Nov. 9-10 meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia — a percentage that has remained fairly stable for several years despite variations in overall attendance at…
Mid-Atlantic cities ranked as among the most religious in United States
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The nation’s most religious cities aren’t just in the Deep South or Utah — they’re found in the Mid-Atlantic, according to a recent ranking by Men’s Health magazine. Five of the 15 most religious cities in America…
Harry Potter as gospel narrative
AUSTIN, Texas—A bespectacled teenaged wizard with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead may not fit most people’s picture of Christ, but Christian pop culture observer Greg Garrett definitely sees the similarities. “Harry Potter is one of the most clearly identifiable…
Harry Potter presents contemporary gospel narrative, professor says
AUSTIN—A bespectacled teenaged wizard with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead may not fit most people’s picture of Christ, but Christian pop culture observer Greg Garrett definitely sees the similarities. “Harry Potter is one of the most clearly identifiable examples…
VITAL SIGNS: No winners
One of the most painful parts of our political process is the heated rhetoric of the campaign season. Most of us are so disgusted by the vitriol of political ads that, by election day, we are willing to vote for…
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood unimpressed by new NIV
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A group that criticized the New International Version Bible translation for introducing a gender-inclusive edition in 2005 says it isn't satisfied by revisions in the latest edition recently available online. The Council for Biblical Manhood and…
Historian Morgan Patterson dies
Editor's note: This story was edited after posting. NOVATO, Calif. (ABP) — Morgan Patterson, a historian who taught at four Southern Baptist seminaries and was president of a Baptist college, died Nov. 19 at age 85 at his home in…
Hunger report praises federal program
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the latest edition of its annual report on global food insecurity, a Christian anti-hunger group praised efforts by President Obama’s administration to battle world hunger but warned that cutting food aid due to budget concerns would be short-sighted….