WASHINGTON (ABP) — A coalition of religious leaders are asking politicians in this election year to address what they say is a moral scandal: Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, much of the region is still far…
As Ike disaster draws focus, Caribbean relief continues
GONAIVES, Haiti (ABP) — Even as the attention of Americans turns to the disaster caused by Hurricane Ike in their own country, Baptist agencies are responding to massive devastation across the Caribbean islands, battered by three successive tropical cyclones since…
Relief, recovery efforts begin after Ike ravages Texas coast
GALVESTON, Texas (ABP) — Less than 24 hours after Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coasts Sept. 12, Baptist groups were mobilizing supplies and relief workers for the disaster zone. The massive storm — rated as a strong…
Poll: On torture, evangelicals not looking to Bible, doctrine
ATLANTA (ABP) — A new survey suggests the very Americans who claim to follow the Bible most assiduously don’t consult it when forming their views about torture and government policy. The poll of 600 Southern white evangelicals was released Sept….
Poll: On torture, evangelicals not looking to Bible, doctrine
ATLANTA (ABP)—A new survey suggests the very Americans who claim to follow the Bible most assiduously don’t consult it when forming their views about torture and government policy. The poll of 600 Southern white evangelicals was released Sept. 11 in…
Experts: National security not ensured by torture
ATLANTA (ABP) — Retired high-ranking military officers and national security experts at a national summit on torture Sept. 11 agreed: A policy that permits torture does not make the United States or its troops safer. Steve Xenakis, a…
Legislators call faith leaders to focus on poverty issues
WASHINGTON (ABP) — “Poverty has been forgotten, and it has been ignored for too long,” declared Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) Sept. 9. DeLauro and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) were featured speakers in a teleconference with reporters to kick off a…
EDITORIAL: The fires of persecution
I received the following email late last night. Dear Brothers, I have cancelled my program because of Orissa Crises! Please pray for Orissa Believers because they are now under bad situations and many are killed by VHP (Viswa…
12-year-old Virginia Baptist girl starts web site for ‘girls like her’
MECHANICSVILLE — Not many business owners can boast about being featured in a cable television show on CNBC with Donny Deutsch. But 12-year-old Taylor Ramirez can. At least she could if she were inclined to boast. On Aug. 21,…
David Wilkinson to become ABP’s executive director
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Veteran Baptist communicator David Wilkinson has been named executive director for Associated Baptist Press. David Wilkinson Wilkinson, who currently serves as development director for the Baylor University School of Social Work, will replace current ABP Executive…
Chaplain’s ‘general store’ eases ministry to soldiers
SHARANA, Afghanistan (ABP) — Chaplain Everett Zachary is happy to help provide at least some of the comforts of home to soldiers in unfamiliar Afghanistan through his “general store.” Following 16-hour shifts, soldiers take solace in the tokens of domestic…
Dellanna O’Brien, former
WMU head, dies at 75
FRISCO, Texas (ABP)—Dellanna West O’Brien, who led the Southern Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union through some of its most trying times, died Sept. 7 at age 75. Dellanna O’Brien She suffered what WMU officials described as “a massive cerebral bleed” Sept. 4…