PASADENA, Texas — A Baptist pastor plans to launch a public weeklong hunger strike in front of Houston’s municipal headquarters to call for immigration reform. Julio Barquero, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Esperanza in suburban Pasadena, Texas, will eat no solid…
Houston-area pastor announces hunger strike for immigration reform
PASADENA—A Baptist pastor plans to launch a public weeklong hunger strike in front of Houston’s municipal headquarters to call for immigration reform. Julio Barquero, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Esperanza in Pasadena, will eat no solid food and drink only water…
Baptist colleges, students, families struggle, cope with financial crisis
Kley Sippel and his family had to find additional resources to attend Samford University when his father lost his job in 2007 (Samford photo by Caroline Summers). BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — For thousands of students at Baptist colleges, the excitement…
New NIV translation due out in 2011
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill (ABP) — The New International Version of the Bible is getting its first update since controversy over gender-inclusive texts derailed future revisions more than 20 years ago. Biblica, the new name for a company created when the…
New NIV translation due out in 2011
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill (ABP) — The New International Version of the Bible is getting its first update since controversy over gender-inclusive texts derailed future revisions more than 20 years ago. Biblica, the new name for a company created when the…
Singapore to be site of 2013 Baptist Youth World Conference
FALLS CHURCH – Singapore will be the site of the Baptist Youth World Conference in 2013, organizers of the once-every-five-years event have announced. The ethnically and religiously diverse city-state was selected because of its convenient Southeast Asian location and relatively…
2009 VBS photo contest goes to Virginia church
The winning photo shows children performing a musical. (Photo courtesy of Sparta Baptist Church) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — A bird's-eye view of children performing the "Boomerang Express" Vacation Bible School musical won Salem Baptist Church in Sparta, Va., the first…
New NIV translation due out in 2011
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill (ABP) — The New International Version of the Bible is getting its first update since controversy over gender-inclusive texts derailed future revisions more than 20 years ago. Biblica, the new name for a company created when the…
Judge: Kentucky can’t depend, legally, on God for homeland security
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP) — A state judge has ruled that Kentucky cannot legally depend on God to keep its citizens safe. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate ruled Aug. 26 a 2006 amendment to a law establishing the Kentucky Office…
Former music minister sentenced for sexual abuse
BENTON, Ark. (ABP) — A former longtime music minister at a prominent Arkansas Baptist church has pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual indecency with a child. David Pierce, 56, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. An…
Edwin Tuller, American Baptist leader through turbulent times, dies at 95
PITTSBURGH (ABP) — Edwin Tuller, who shepherded the American Baptist Churches USA through one of the most prosperous — and turbulent — periods in American and Protestant history died Aug. 25 in Pittsburgh, according to the American Baptist News Service….
Singapore to be site of 2013 Baptist Youth World Conference
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Singapore will be the site of the Baptist Youth World Conference in 2013, organizers of the once-every-five-years event have announced. The ethnically and religiously diverse city-state was selected because of its convenient Southeast Asian location…