BLUEFIELD—Bluefield College paid tribute to former president Daniel G. MacMillan and demonstrated its continued commitment to service learning with the dedication of the new MacMillan Center for Service, Mission and Ministry on campus Oct. 19. BC faculty, staff, students, alumni,…
Huckabee has unique line on résumé: Baptist pastor
WASHINGTON — Years after he left the pulpit of Beech Street First Baptist Church in Texarkana, Ark., then-Gov. Mike Huckabee would pick up the phone with a pastoral touch. “He found out when my mom and dad died,” recalled Roger…
Prominent S.C. pastor endorses Mitt Romney, then regrets it
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ABP) — Don Wilton, a prominent megachurch pastor in the key early-primary state of South Carolina, withdrew his endorsement of Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney Oct. 23. Wilton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Spartanburg and former president…
Churches use podcasts, RSS as portable outreach tools
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — Little white headphones that have revolutionized the way Americans listen to music may also revolutionize the way they learn about God. Hundreds of churches and Christian institutions are using podcasts or other easily downloadable audio and…
Opinion: How the Bush administration’s circular reasoning allows torture
Statements by Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, along with comments by Mitt Romney and his new national security adviser, have brought the issue of torture to the surface in troubling new ways. It is quite clear that this issue is…
Southwestern Seminary creates center honoring ethics leader Land
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Officials at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have announced plans to create a Richard Land Center for Cultural Engagement, honoring Southern Baptists' public-policy guru. Land joins another well-known conservative Baptist activist, Paul Pressler, in becoming a…
Leland Seminary, Hampton University reach undergrad agreement
ARLINGTON, Va. (ABP) — A moderate Baptist seminary and a historically African-American college in Virginia have reached a unique degree-granting agreement for undergraduate students. The John Leland Center for Theological Studies, based in Arlington, Va., and Hampton University in Hampton,…
Front-runners vie for ‘values’ votes while Huckabee waits in wings
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Rudy Giuliani wants conservative Christians to know they can trust him. “You have absolutely nothing to fear from me,” he told a group of them Oct. 20. “I find it difficult understanding those who try to make…
Meals on Wheels workers stabbed in kitchen of North Carolina church
ATLANTA (ABP) — Two workers for Meals on Wheels were stabbed Oct. 18 at Lakeside Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, N.C. The workers, who were not members of the church, had been preparing meals in the church's kitchen. Debbie Kornegay,…
Storm damages Kentucky church, narrowly misses worshippers
ATLANTA (ABP) — Five more minutes, and a severe storm's toll at Third Baptist Church in Owensboro, Ky., could have been much worse. Roughly 100 people had gathered for a community ecumenical service Oct. 18 when a severe thunderstorm blew…
Two top Texas Baptist leaders resign: No. 2 exec Gunter, WMU chief Porterfield
DALLAS (ABP) — Ron Gunter, chief operating officer for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has resigned. His Oct. 18 announcement came two days after Carolyn Porterfield announced her resignation as executive director-treasurer of the Woman's Missionary Union of Texas….
GOP candidates try to woo ‘values voters’ at meeting
WASHINGTON (ABP) — About 2,000 of America's “values voters,” described by some as a disgruntled constituency, gathered in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19 to be wooed by the Republican presidential candidates. The three-day event came the same day Kansas Sen. Sam…