(Editor’s note: This story is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) ATLANTA (ABP) — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive…
Building reflects concern for community, earth
(Editor's note: This story is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) GREENVILLE, S.C. (ABP) — Any congregation’s facilities…
Baptist nuclear-disarmament activist hails Senate advance of treaty
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The leader of a Christian movement that supports reduction of nuclear arms praised the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for passing a new treaty with Russia Sept. 16. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty — New START…
EDITORIAL: The Bible speaks to a crazy world
Televised news reports of the 9/11 memorial services from Ground Zero in New York last Saturday replayed those ghastly images burned forever on our national psyche. The memorial service revealed that our corporate wound hasn’t yet healed. But we knew…
Suffolk pastor will be nominated as 1st vice president of BGAV
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Mark Croston, pastor of East End Baptist Church in Suffolk, Va., will be nominated for first vice president at the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, it was announced Sept. 10. Don Davidson, pastor…
From the Eastern Shore to Cumberland Gap
STAFF CHANGES • Mike Reynolds, to New Hope Church, Skipwith, as pastor, effective Oct. 1. • Francisco Muniz, to Clover Bottom Church, Nathalie, as pastor. • Jeff Scott, to Northside Church, Mechanicsville, as senior pastor. • Rusty Mullins, to First…
State CBF proposal sparks debate about Baptist identity
(Editor's note: This story is a republished version of one of four content items, originally posted on ABPnews.com on Sept. 16, that were lost due to a hacker attack on our website later that evening.) GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) – A move by…
State CBF proposal sparks debate about Baptist identity
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — A move by the North Carolina Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to revisit its foundational statement has prompted a nationwide debate among scholars about what it means to be a Baptist. Larry Hovis, coordinator of North Carolina CBF,…
A special note to ABPNews.com users
Dear users: We are contacting you to follow up on an alert e-mailed to ABPnews.com e-mail subscribers and shared on Facebook and Twitter yesterday regarding access to our website. We are pleased to report that as of Saturday, September 18, the…
Skateboarder an overnight sensation after rescuing Quran
(RNS) At the end of a summer characterized by unprecedented levels of Islamophobia, Muslim Americans and their allies have found an expected reason to smile: Jake Isom, a skateboarder with a rat-tail from Amarillo, Texas. Last Saturday (Sept. 18), Isom,…
Update: Ezell elected NAMB president on split vote
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — Behind closed doors and by a reportedly divided vote, trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board elected Kentucky pastor Kevin Ezell president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board after a…
Trustees elect Kentucky pastor as NAMB president on split vote
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — Behind closed doors and by a reportedly divided vote, trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board elected Kentucky pastor Kevin Ezell president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board after a…