STAFF CHANGES • Tim Dooley, to New Chapel Church, Rustburg, effective August 1. • Kevin Salyer, to New Beginnings Church, Powhatan, as pastor. • Greg Compton, resigning as pastor of Oakland Church, Gum Spring. • Devin Quesenberry, to Beth Car…
Struggle continues for teenager injured in church-bus accident
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — A teenager from Shreveport, La., continued to fight for her life in a Mississippi hospital four days after a July 12 bus crash that killed one and injured 22 passengers on their way to a church…
Baptist peace activist Robert Broome dies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A pioneer in the Baptist peacemaking movement died July 11 while visiting his daughter and granddaughters in Asheville, N.C., ending a long battle with cancer. Robert Broome, 66, of Louisville, Ky., is credited with coming up…
Shreveport church focuses prayer on daughter of church staff member
JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — Five of six victims still hospitalized after a deadly July 12 church-bus accident were improving two days after the wreck, but the next 72 hours remained critical for a church staff member's daughter who suffered severe…
Wiley Drake wins round in legal battle challenging Obama’s presidency
SANTA ANA, Calif. (ABP) — A former Southern Baptist Convention official won a small legal victory July 13 when a federal judge said he would listen to the merits of a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency. Wiley…
Road to Recovery: Set Free Church breaks the chains of addiction
RIVERSIDE, Mo. (ABP) — Reggie Carter doesn’t look like a typical pastor. He sits behind his desk, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans. His Bluetooth mobile-phone headset rests on his ear, allowing him to quickly respond to calls about the…
Road to Recovery: The 12 Steps
(ABP) — This version of the 12 steps is an adaptation from the original 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and is intended for general use with any addictive or dysfunctional behavior: Step 1 We admitted we were powerless over our…
Road to Recovery: Churches help with overcoming addictions
COMANCHE, Texas (ABP) — Terry Walker fell to his knees in the shower stall of a South Texas substance-abuse-treatment center, crying out to God for release from the chains of addiction. “God blessed me with the gift of desperation,” Walker…
Churches affected by FCC changes on wireless-microphone frequencies
DESOTO, Texas (ABP) — While the digitization of television signals June 12 garnered wide publicity, many churches were left unaware their wireless microphone systems also were affected. The Federal Communications Commission auctioned off the lower half of the 700-megahertz band…
Pastor says National Guard saved lives following wreck
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — A church-bus crash that killed one teenager and critically injured another July 12 could have been worse if a transport bus carrying National Guard soldiers had not come upon the accident scene nearly immediately, according to…
Pastor says National Guard saved lives following wreck of church bus
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — A church-bus crash that killed one teenager and critically injured another July 12 could have been worse if a transport bus carrying National Guard soldiers had not come upon the accident scene nearly immediately, according to…
Church bus headed toward Passport overturns, killing teen
MERIDIAN, Miss. (ABP) — One youth was reported dead and a busload of teenagers and adult sponsors injured when a bus carrying them flipped en route to a youth camp sponsored by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship partner ministry Passport. A…