WASHINGTON (ABP) — Controversy over Rob Bell's new book Love Wins has rekindled an old feud between a Southern Baptist leader and a pioneer in the "emergent" or "emerging" church. Brian McLaren Brian McLaren — author, pastor and innovator…
Oklahoma pastor to share God’s love in Japan
HENRYETTA, Okla. (ABP) — Dale Huckabay has had a heart for Japan and its people since he was stationed in Okinawa in his early adult life. Now the pastor of Tulledega Hills Baptist Church in Henryetta, Okla., Huckabay was as…
Texas Baptist disaster-response team scheduled to go to Japan
DALLAS (ABP) — Two veteran Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers, a Japanese Dallas pastor and a videographer are slated to leave for Japan March 24 to assist the disaster response effort there and look for places where Texas Baptists…
Details emerge in fatal amusement train accident
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ABP) — The conductor of an amusement train involved in a March 19 crash that killed a pastor's son said on the way to the hospital he was driving too fast, that he knew better and didn't know…
OPINION: Finding a Bible that fits
I wandered into the Bible section at a Borders' going-out-of-business sale and thought, "I need more choices." Fortunately, the publishers are looking out for me. On Ash Wednesday, new translations of the New International Version (the most popular evangelical version)…
Rescue workers, Japanese Baptists describe dire situation
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist World Aid disaster-response team who visited Japan described the challenge of getting food for people who had evacuated their homes in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami and the threat of nuclear radiation as…
Slain Arlington pastor’s ‘whole life really was newsworthy,’ friends insist
ARLINGTON—Family and friends of Pastor Clint Dobson choose not to dwell on the circumstances of his death. Instead, they celebrate a life well-lived and remember a man whose actions demonstrated an unswerving love for God and people. Dobson, 29, was…
Pastor’s son killed in miniature train wreck
GAFFNEY, S.C. (ABP) — A Saturday children's outing turned to tragedy March 19 for a Baptist church in South Carolina when a miniature train at a park derailed, killing the 6-year-old son of its pastor and injuring several others. Benjamin…
SBC Pastors’ Conference slate raises ire
LAS VEGAS (ABP) — The president of the 2011 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference defended a program he’s put together for June 12-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., saying critics who find it outside the convention’s mainstream hold too narrow a worldview. Vance…