FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A three-member medical team from Hungarian Baptist Aid is in Egypt, helping both Palestinians and Israelis affected by the current Gaza crisis. Baptist World Aid, the relief-and-development arm of the Baptist World Alliance, gave an…
Baptist groups send aid to Gaza victims
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A three-member medical team from Hungarian Baptist Aid is in Egypt, helping both Palestinians and Israelis affected by the current Gaza crisis. Baptist World Aid, the relief-and-development arm of the Baptist World Alliance, gave an…
Rick Warren says domestic violence is no excuse for divorce
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP) — Rick Warren, the Southern Baptist megachurch pastor chosen to offer the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration, says the Bible does not permit a woman to divorce a spouse who is abusing her….
Church adopts Hooters, both adopt Hurricane Ike victims
HOUSTON (ABP) — What could bring together the members of a Houston Baptist church and employees of a restaurant known as much for its buxom, midriff-baring waitresses as for its food? God's love — and sharing it with neighbors in…
Church adopts Hooters, both adopt Hurricane Ike victims
HOUSTON (ABP) — What could bring together the members of a Houston Baptist church and employees of a restaurant known as much for its buxom, midriff-baring waitresses as for its food? God’s love — and sharing it with neighbors in…
Texas Tech kicker’s rise to fame grounded in faith
LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) — When 21-year-old Matt Williams transferred to Texas Tech University last August, he was just excited about making new friends and getting involved at First Baptist Church in Lubbock, where the school is located. But after winning…
Texas Tech kicker’s rise to fame grounded in faith
LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) — When 21-year-old Matt Williams transferred to Texas Tech University last August, he was just excited about making new friends and getting involved at First Baptist Church in Lubbock, where the school is located. But after winning…
Gaza Baptist Church caught in crossfire
GAZA CITY, Palestine (ABP) — Fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants has damaged a Baptist church in Gaza. On Dec. 27, the Israeli Air Force launched a series of attacks on targets throughout Gaza retaliating against rocket and mortar…
Renowned preacher, civil-rights leader Otis Moss retires
CLEVELAND (ABP) — A hero of the Civil Rights Movement regarded as one of America’s best African-American preachers has stepped down after 54 years as a pastor. Otis Moss Jr., 73, preached his farewell sermon Dec. 29 to about 3,000 worshipers at…
Griffin Bell, former Carter official, Baptist statesman, dies
ATLANTA (ABP) — Baptist leader Griffin Bell, who served as the nation's attorney general during President Carter's administration and was a longtime benefactor of Mercer University, died Jan. 5 after long battles with pancreatic cancer and kidney disease. He was…
Griffin Bell, former Carter official, Baptist statesman, dies
Griffin Bell delivers a speech at a 2007 Mercer event (PHOTO: Mercer University).ATLANTA (ABP) — Baptist leader Griffin Bell, who served as the nation’s attorney general during President Carter’s administration and was a longtime benefactor of Mercer University, died Jan….
New Jersey sides with lesbian couple in dispute with church camp
OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (ABP) — A New Jersey department said a Methodist group discriminated against a lesbian couple by denying them permission to hold their civil union on its beachfront property. New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights announced Dec. 29…