ATLANTA (ABP) — Recently appointed as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel in Belize, North Carolina natives Eric and Julie Maas serve as the directors of the Western Region Baptist Training Center. Started in the 1980s by Baptist missionaries, the 10-acre-camp…
Police investigate money missing from Missouri Baptist nursing school
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) — Police in Springfield, Mo., are investigating the suspected embezzlement of more than $500,000 from a nursing school operated jointly by a Baptist university and a Catholic hospital. The Springfield News-Leader reported March 11 that St. John's College…
Wedgwood pastor to preach Sunday at grieving Illinois church
This photo of Fred Winters and his family appears on First Baptist Church's Facebook page. MARYVILLE, Ill. (ABP) — One week after its senior pastor was shot and killed while delivering a sermon, an Illinois church will welcome as its…
Therapeutic robot takes center stage for residents of retirement community
{youtube}Vx8mv87e6wE{/youtube} RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) – There’s a new resident at Lakewood Manor, one of Virginia Baptist Homes’ retirement communities. Paro is by far the furriest member of the Lakewood community and he takes his meals through a battery charger, not…
Baptist pastor accused of setting fire to church
BELTON, S.C. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist pastor in South Carolina is facing arson charges after allegedly setting fire to his own church building March 8. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced March 9 the arrest of Christopher Daniels,…
Bill to permit guns in churches revived in wake of pastor’s shooting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — An Arkansas lawmaker says she will reintroduce a bill to allow concealed weapons in churches after a deadly Illinois church shooting March 8. State Rep. Beverly Pyle (R-Cedarville) originally introduced a measure Jan. 29 to remove "any…
Bill to permit guns in churches revived in wake of pastor’s shooting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — An Arkansas lawmaker says she will reintroduce a bill to allow concealed weapons in churches after a deadly Illinois church shooting March 8. State Rep. Beverly Pyle (R-Cedarville) originally introduced a measure Jan. 29 to remove "any…
Obama ends restrictions on embryonic stem-cell study
WASHINGTON (ABP)—With a March 9 executive order, President Obama made official what many scientists had long anticipated—and many religious conservatives had long feared—lifting his predecessor’s ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. “In recent years, when it comes to…
Obama ends Bush restrictions on embryonic stem-cell study
WASHINGTON (ABP) — With a March 9 executive order, President Obama made official what many scientists had long anticipated — and many religious conservatives had long feared — lifting his predecessor’s effective ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research….
Baptists getting older, study says
HARTFORD, Conn. (ABP) — Baptists may be the grayest of any major religious group in America, according to a study released March 9 by Trinity College of Connecticut. The 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, the third set of data in…
Longtime Baptist professor: Pastors must integrate science, faith
Glenn Hinson lectured twice on what he learned in 50 years of teaching and what he projects for the future of theological education.LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — For Christianity to remain relevant in a world influenced by modern science and technology,…
Seminary honors Hinson for 50 years of teaching
Kentucky Baptist Seminary honored Glenn Hinson with a book of letters and drawing by Ike Moody to honor Hinson's 50 years as a teacher. LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — The Baptist Seminary of Kentucky honored one of its founding professors for…