U.S. Catholics vexed at Vatican. Nearly three-quarters of Catholics in the United States believe the Vatican tried to cover up clergy sex abuse, and a majority says Pope Benedict XVI has handled recent reports of past abuse poorly, according to…
Baptists increasingly mark Pentecost with missions, multiculturalism
WASHINGTON (ABP) — While the annual observance of Pentecost is not one that has a long history with many Baptist churches, there’s a natural fit between the holiday’s emphasis on the international nature of the church and the traditional Baptist…
Members of college mission team survive crash in Haiti
HANNIBAL, Mo. (ABP) — Fourteen students and a faculty sponsor from Baptist-affiliated Hannibal-LaGrange College were injured May 16 in a vehicle accident while on a mission trip in Haiti. The students — nine women and five men — were riding…
Flood relief turns to long-term recovery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Twenty-seven volunteers from First Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., traveled three hours to Nashville in three shifts during the week of May 15-20 for flood relief. They were one of countless groups pitching in as response…
Tennessee flood relief turns to long-term recovery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Twenty-seven volunteers from First Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., traveled three hours to Nashville in three shifts during the week of May 15-20 for flood relief. They were one of countless groups pitching in as response…
MBU hosts crime prevention workshop
ST. LOUIS — The shooting and death of an Illinois pastor brought Steve Heidke face-to-face with the reality of the vulnerability of most churches and synagogues. That reality birthed training for houses of worship in the St. Louis area and…
Murder in pulpit spurs college to host safety workshop for churches
ST. LOUIS (ABP) — The shooting and death of an Illinois Baptist pastor in the middle of a worship service last year brought Steve Heidke face-to-face with the reality that most houses of worship are vulnerable as "soft targets" for…
Baptist schools’ 2010 commencement speakers share nuggets of wisdom
Hillary Wright of Springfield, Ky., celebrates as she gets her Campbellsville University diploma. (PHOTO: Campbellsville/Ashley Zsedenyi) (ABP) — Spring commencement exercises at most schools around the United States are now complete, and new graduates and their well-wishers heard words of…
Former outsider Page nominated to lead SBC Executive Committee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Former Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page is being nominated as president of the SBC Executive Committee, one of three key leadership positions in the nation's second-largest faith group that are currently in the process of…
Baptist peace group counters NRA convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America co-sponsored a "peaceful alternative" to a National Rifle Association national convention that attracted an estimated 70,000 visitors to Charlotte, N.C., May 14-16. Along with North Carolinians Against Gun Violence,…
Former SBC president nominated to lead Executive Committee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Former Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page is being nominated as president of the SBC Executive Committee, one of three key leadership positions in the nation's second-largest faith group in the process of being filled. According…
Final U.S. Baptist released from Haitian jail
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) — The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released May 17 after a judge found her guilty and sentenced her to time already…