Paul Losh (courtesy Central Seminary) VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Paul Losh, a lifelong American Baptist who served as head of two denominational institutions, died Feb. 27 at a retirement home in Worcester, Pa., according to American Baptist News Service….
Victims of alleged abuse come forward after Baptist pastor’s arrest
PALESTINE, Texas (ABP) — A Texas sheriff says more alleged victims of a Baptist preacher behind bars on a felony charge of indecency with a child are coming forward. Authorities say Hezekiah Stallworth has preached in the Palestine, Texas, area…
Study says blogs a growing but largely untapped influence on religion
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (ABP) — Blogs are a growing but still relatively underutilized influence on today's religious discourse, according to a study of the religious blogosphere by the Social Science Research Council. "Blogs have given occasion to a whole new set…
Tenn. school board settles lawsuit over First Amendment violations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A Tennessee school board voted March 1 to settle a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union last fall alleging a pattern of unconstitutional promotion of religion. The Cheatham County Board of Education voted 5-1…
Baylor University slated to receive its largest gift in history
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University has announced the largest gift in the school’s history — an estate provision estimated at $200 million from an anonymous donor. Much of the gift will benefit the Baylor School of Social Work. The…
IMB head welcomes proposed funding hike
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board welcomed a recent progress report by a Great Commission Task Force as a "token" step toward redistributing more resources to the denomination's primary task of reaching…
Rankin welcomes GCR report’s ‘token commitment’ to IMB funding boost
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board welcomed a recent progress report by a Great Commission Resurgence Task Force as a "token" step toward redistributing more resources to the denomination's primary task of…
Rankin welcomes ‘token commitment’ to increased IMB funding by task force
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board welcomed a recent progress report by a Great Commission Task Force as a "token" step toward redistributing more resources to the denomination's primary task of reaching…
Study says blogs a growing but largely untapped influence on religion
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (ABP) — Blogs are a growing but still relatively underutilized influence on today's religious discourse, according to a study of the religious blogosphere by the Social Science Research Council. "Blogs have given occasion to a whole new set…
Baylor University slated to receive $200 million, the largest gift in its history
WACO, Texas — Baylor University has announced the largest gift in the school’s history — an estate provision estimated at $200 million from an anonymous donor. The announcement came less than three weeks after Baylor University regents selected Kenneth Starr…
African-American Baptist groups pledge $50 million for Haiti
CHICAGO (ABP) — America's five largest historically African-American Baptist organizations are cooperating to raise $50 million to help rebuild Haiti and provide aid to victims of a Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the area surrounding the capital, Port-au-Prince. Called the…
In Texas, Religious Right loses fight with national curriculum implications
DALLAS (ABP) — The Religious Right suffered a surprise setback in Texas March 2, when incumbent Don McLeroy — a creationist and outspoken critic of church-state separation — narrowly lost his re-election bid for the powerful State Board of Education…