MIAMI (ABP) — Cuban authorities say two Baptist leaders held in jail for 11 days in a city on the eastern end of the island are suspected of illegal economic activities. Associated Baptist Press first reported Oct. 13 that Rubén…
D.C. convention’s Haggray elected pastor of historic Washington church
Haggray WASHINGTON (ABP) — Jeffrey Haggray is stepping down after eight years as executive director of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention to become pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Washington. Elected Oct. 11, Haggray, 46, will…
Georgia school board upholds policy banning Bible banners
RINGGOLD, Ga. (ABP) — A school board in far northern Georgia upheld a policy Oct. 13 banning cheerleaders from displaying religious banners on the field at high-school football games. Supporters of the signs, banned Sept. 28 by a superintendent who…
D.C. convention’s Haggray elected pastor of FBC in Washington
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Jeffrey Haggray is stepping down after eight years as executive director of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention to become pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Washington. Jeffrey Haggery, leader of the District of Columbia…
Cuban Baptist leaders in custody
DELTONA, Fla. (ABP) — Two Cuban Baptist leaders arrested Oct. 3 in the city of Santiago de Cuba remain in jail, reportedly without formal charge and with few details of why they are being held. Rubén Ortiz-Columbié, coordinator for special…
Cuban Baptist leaders in custody; charges unclear
DELTONA, Fla. (ABP) — Two Cuban Baptist leaders arrested Oct. 3 in the city of Santiago de Cuba remain in jail, reportedly without formal charge and with few details of why they are being held. Rubén Ortiz-Columbié, coordinator for special…
Two Cuban Baptist leaders in custody but authorities’ charges are unclear
DELTONA, Fla. (ABP) — Two Cuban Baptist leaders arrested Oct. 3 in the city of Santiago de Cuba remain in jail, reportedly without formal charge and with few details of why they are being held. Rubén Ortiz-Columbié is pictured here…
Mo. Baptist messengers will be asked to use CP for lawsuits
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — In the face of tightened economic conditions, the Missouri Baptist Convention will seek convention messengers’ permission to direct Cooperative Program gifts to fund ongoing legal action against five formerly affiliated institutions. CP is the name…
Uzbek Baptist leaders stand trial on charges supporters call false
PHILADELPHIA (ABP) — A trial for three Baptist officials in Uzbekistan charged with tax evasion and illegally teaching children religion was scheduled to enter its third week Oct 12. If convicted, Pavel Peychev, president of the Baptist Union of Uzbekistan;…
SBC leader says Obama Nobel selection political
IRVING, Texas (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention's public-policy arm says awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama was a political move intended to influence the United States' foreign policy. "Something more than the power of…
Interaction between science and theology beneficial to both, minister/physicist insists
ATLANTA (ABP) — There are paths between science and theology, and both can find value in interaction, noted author and professor of science and theology Robert Russell told an audience at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. Russell, founder and…
Only one church in three spiritually vital, study says
HARTFORD, Conn. (ABP) — A congregation’s health depends less on theology than methodology, according to a national study by Hartford Seminary’s Institute for Religion Research. Faith Communities Today 2008 paints an overall sobering picture of congregational life in America. Congregations…