MUMBAI, India (BP) — Television writer Sankalp Tak steers his late-model compact through the streets of Mumbai, India’s largest city, dodging waves of cars and motorized rickshaws to park behind a nondescript warehouse. Inside — barely controlled chaos, like Mumbai…
Being Baptist
Some of the same theological disputes that divided Baptists throughout their first 400 years continue to distinguish different branches of the Baptist family tree in the early years of the 21st century, theologian James Leo Garrett said. And other challenges…
Coalition of faith-based groups push for health-care reform as moral issue
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Ads airing on Christian and mainstream radio stations in several states are attempting to frame health care as a moral issue. Sponsored by a broad coalition of faith-based groups, the ads urge members of Congress…
What does it mean to be Baptist?
Some of the same theological disputes that divided Baptists throughout their first 400 years continue to distinguish different branches of the Baptist family tree in the early years of the 21st century, theologian James Leo Garrett said. And other challenges…
S.C. woman nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) — A graduate of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond who has attended or worked only at churches aligned with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has been nominated as the group's moderator-elect. If elected as expected Christy McMillin-Goodwin, associate minister…
Report says U.S. feeling effects of global warming
A government climate-change report predicts increases in very high temperatures, which scientists say will have wide-ranging affects. WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new government study on climate change says the United States is already feeling effects of human-induced global warming….
Report says United States already feeling effects of global warming
A government climate-change report predicts increases in very high temperatures, which scientists say will have wide-ranging affects. WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new government study on climate change says the United States is already feeling effects of human-induced global warming….
SBC president supports resolution celebrating Obama’s election
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (ABP) — The president of the Southern Baptist Convention has voiced support for a proposed SBC resolution celebrating President Obama's election. SBC President Johnny Hunt is pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga. SBC president Johnny Hunt…
Christopher Chapman to pastor prominent Raleigh church
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — A historic and prominent North Carolina Baptist church welcomes a new pastor to the pulpit June 21. Christopher Chapman becomes pastor of First Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., a 1,400-member congregation organized in 1812. He moves…
Jimmy Carter says Palestinians in Gaza treated like animals
ATLANTA (ABP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is calling Israel’s 2-year-old blockade of Gaza an “atrocity” and saying people there are being treated like animals. “Tragically, the international community largely ignores the cries for help, while the citizens of Gaza…
Religious leaders call for inquiry into U.S. 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…
Historical records often scant on early U.S. Baptist women
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Women outnumbered men in many Baptist churches in colonial America, but most of their names have been lost to history, church historian Pam Durso lamented at a recent conference. “Some of the early Baptist church records…