It’s not easy building green. But churches that take the call to wise environmental stewardship seriously have a wide variety of options — from simply changing light bulbs to elaborate new construction projects certified as environmentally friendly. The key, experts…
Great Commission Task Force calls for increased cooperation between SBC entities
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A task force studying ways to make the Southern Baptist Convention more effective recommended greater flexibility and cooperation among state and national entities in a progress report to the SBC Executive Committee Feb. 22. Ronnie Floyd,…
Ministers go online to meet spouses
HOUSTON (ABP) — One in five Americans surfing the Internet is looking for romance, according to a recent poll. Online dating appeals even to young ministers, who due to their vocation must be wary about looking for love in the…
Ministers go online to meet spouses
HOUSTON (ABP) — One in five Americans surfing the Internet is looking for romance, according to a recent poll. Online dating appeals even to young ministers, who due to their vocation must be wary about looking for love in the…
CBF prepares to enter rebuilding phase in Haiti
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will focus rebuilding efforts in Haiti in the city of Grand-Goave, a place near the epicenter of the Jan. 12 earthquake that had about 95 percent of its buildings destroyed, leaders said Feb….
CBF prepares to enter rebuilding phase in Haiti
{youtube}vrkAqPMeYeE{/youtube} ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will focus its rebuilding efforts in Haiti in the city of Grand-Goave, a place near the epicenter of the Jan. 12 earthquake that had about 95 percent of its buildings destroyed, leaders…
Don Durham announces transition plan for leadership of CBF Foundation
ATLANTA (ABP) — Don Durham, president of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Foundation since 2002, is stepping down from the post at the conclusion of the 2010 General Assembly June 23-26 in Charlotte, N.C. After working for institutions his entire adult…
African-American Baptists collaborate to help Haiti
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Presidents of five historically African-American Baptist denominations announced Feb. 12 they were collaborating to respond more effectively to human need in Haiti. Robertson Murray Presidents of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention; National Baptist Convention, USA;…
Two former Baptist youth-group members suspected in church arsons
TYLER, Texas (ABP) — Two young men suspected of setting 10 East Texas churches on fire were active in the youth group of a Southern Baptist congregation before drifting away from church after the mother of one of them died…
Two former Baptist youth-group members suspected in church arsons
TYLER, Texas (ABP) — Two young men suspected of setting 10 East Texas churches on fire were active in the youth group of a Southern Baptist congregation before drifting away from church after the mother of one of them died…
Baptist church mourns loss of pastor’s daughter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — An Ash Wednesday car/deer crash killed a pastor's daughter and united a Baptist church in grief. Emmie Cecelia Mears Webb was wearing ashes on her forehead applied earlier in the evening of Feb. 17 by her…
Accomplished Baptist church musician Max Lyall dies
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — Max Lyall, a concert and church pianist who taught for 25 years at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, died unexpectedly Feb. 18. He was 71. Max Lyall An accomplished musician who performed as a soloist with…