EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — George Bullard, a frequent consultant to denominational entities and strategic coordinator for the Columbia Partnership, will become general secretary of the North American Baptist Fellowship beginning Aug. 1. The position has been vacant since January, when…
Bullard to lead North American Baptist Fellowship
EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — George Bullard, a frequent consultant to denominational entities and strategic coordinator for the Columbia Partnership, will become general secretary of the North American Baptist Fellowship beginning Aug. 1. George Bullard, a long team denominational worker and…
Texas Baptists test-launch statewide Bible distribution plan
EL PASO, Texas (ABP) — Baptists in El Paso, Texas, distributed nearly 250,000 CDs containing selected Scripture passages and Christian testimonies in a pilot launch of a campaign to share the gospel with every un-churched person in the state by…
Texas Baptists test-launch statewide Bible distribution plan
EL PASO, Texas (ABP) — Baptists in El Paso, Texas, are distributing nearly 250,000 CDs containing selected Scripture passages and Christian testimonies in a pilot launch of a campaign to share the gospel with every un-churched person in the state…
Bullard to lead North American Baptist Fellowship
EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — George Bullard, a frequent consultant to denominational entities and strategic coordinator for the Columbia Partnership, will become general secretary of the North American Baptist Fellowship beginning Aug. 1. George Bullard, a long team denominational worker and…
Looking for leaders: Training next generation requires new models
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — When the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship held its General Assembly recently in Houston, leaders documented a quiet shift that went almost unnoticed among the 2,000 people attending the annual meeting. For the first time, participants from the…
Religious leaders back common ground on abortion
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A number of religious leaders are backing an effort to defuse the contentious debate over abortion with common-ground solutions that reduce the need for abortion by preventing unintended pregnancies and supporting women who might otherwise abort for…
EDITORIAL: A tax by any other name
O.K., Richmond churches, listen up. The city wants some money. Finance committees, brace yourselves for an added expense. Along with families, churches and businesses, cities also are feeling the financial crunch. Perhaps that’s why the city of Richmond has followed…
Church bus accident claims one life; another teen still critical
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — A Baptist church’s youth minister is recovering at home from injuries he received July 12 when the bus carrying his youth group to a Georgia camp rolled over on a Mississippi interstate highway, injuring 23 passengers…
BAPTIST BRIEFS
New Hope honored as Publisher of the Year. New Hope Publishers, the general trade publishing imprint for national Woman’s Missionary Union, was recognized as Publisher of the Year by the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association at its Golden Scrolls Banquet…
Religious leaders urge inquiry into use of torture
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A group of high-profile religious leaders from various faiths is pushing President Obama to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged United States-sanctioned use of torture since 9/11. Thirty-three religious leaders met with administration officials after…
Christians and Muslims should speak with, not about, each other, says European Baptist
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (ABP) — Christians and Muslims should speak with each other rather than about each other, a prominent European Baptist leader told reporters prior to a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement July 24. Tony Peck,…