CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — The senior pastor of North Carolina's largest Southern Baptist church announced Nov. 21 he is retiring after 26 years. Joe Brown Joe Brown, 62, told members of Hickory Grove Baptist Church by video that he is…
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…
Texas exec considering pastorate
Randel Everett DALLAS (ABP) — Randel Everett, who has served as executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas for three years, has announced he will preach Dec. 5 at First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, "in view of…
Texas Baptist executive is considering move to pastorate after three years
DALLAS — Randel Everett, the former Virginia Baptist pastor and seminary president who has served as Texas Baptists' executive director for almost three years, announced Nov. 21 he will preach at First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, Dec. 5 "in view…
County, church settle lawsuit over Christian school
BALTIMORE (ABP) — A Maryland county will pay a Baptist church $3.25 million and allow construction of a Christian school that government officials have opposed for eight years under terms of a settlement reached Nov. 18 in federal court. An…
NAMB executive to become editor of Ark. Baptist paper
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Directors of Arkansas Baptists’ newspaper have elected a Southern Baptist North American Mission Board official as the publication’s new editor. Tim Yarbrough The board of the Arkansas Baptist News, meeting Nov. 18 at the Baptist…
End-times theology harmful, Arab Christian says
KELLER, Texas (ABP) — Theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a…
Burmese Baptist church ordered to halt worship services
SANTA ANA, Calif. (ABP) — A local government in Myanmar ordered a Baptist church to cease worship services after the pastor refused to wear an election campaign T-shirt supporting the country's ruling military junta, Compass Direct News reported Nov. 18….
Baptist editor in Oklahoma resigns
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — Doug Baker, the editor of Oklahoma Baptists' news journal, has resigned after slightly more than 15 months on the job. Doug Baker Ron Fannin, senior associate executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, said…
Arab Christian: Bad eschatology harms U.S. Christians
KELLER, Texas (ABP) — Theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a…
VIRGINIA BAPTIST FORUM: What did America’s founders have in mind?
I've been reading and listening to comments on the Religious Liberty Committee's resolution adopted by the Baptist General Association of Virginia [insert] with great interest. I’ve seen evidence for the different sides of the debates, but I have to admit…
Does eschatology trump ethics?
KELLER, Texas (ABP) — Theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a…