GAZA CITY, Palestine (ABP) — The Palestinian Baptist manager of a well-known Christian book store in the Gaza Strip has been murdered. Authorities reportedly found the body of Rami Ayyad on Oct. 7 in Gaza City. He died from a…
Whites participating quietly, fruitfully in African-American Baptist body
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — Recently, white Texas Baptist pastor Larry Bethune became the president of a mainly African-American Baptist group — and it didn't make news, because it was nothing new. Perhaps what is news to many Baptists is that…
Sutton, prominent Baptist pastor, safe in Nashville pulpit for now
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A former nominee for president of the Southern Baptist Convention will remain pastor of a prominent Southern Baptist church, the congregation decided Oct. 7. Jerry Sutton, who for more than two decades has served Two Rivers…
Correction
Please make the following correction in the Oct. 4 ABP story, “Dan Stringer, Baptist executive for three conventions, dead at 79”: Change the first paragraph to read as follows: “Dan Stringer, believed to be the only person to serve as…
Texas convention launches internal audit on more alleged improprieties in the Valley
DALLAS (ABP) — For the second time in less than a year, the Baptist General Convention of Texas is looking into alleged misuse of church-starting funds in the Rio Grande Valley. BGCT Executive Director Charles Wade reported to the Executive…
Expatriate Baptist minister nominated for position in Kenyan Parliament
DALLAS (ABP) — A Kenyan Baptist minister appears likely to be elected to parliament in his homeland. Solomon Kimuyu has been nominated by the Kenya African National Union to represent Machakos township, about 35 miles east of Nairobi, in Kenya's…
Baptist Joint Committee to begin looking for new property on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is one step closer to having its own “Center for Religious Liberty” on Capitol Hill. Directors of the organization voted Oct. 1 to engage the services of a real-estate agent…
FAITH DIGEST
Game designed to foster understanding. A mechanical engineer from Lincoln, Neb., has designed a question-and-answer game to promote interfaith awareness. John Cooper created “7th Heaven,” a game that tests players' knowledge of Judaism, Islam and Christianity in a way intended…
It’s not easy being green
This isn't your mother's environmentalism. Footage of polar bears on shrinking glaciers and hummingbirds in sparse rainforests used to have a prominent place in films about the need to “go green.” But now some Christian environmentalists are engaging believers with…
ABP fills two positions, affirms alliance with Herald and other Baptist papers
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The Associated Baptist Press board of directors hired an interim development director and filled the position of news editor at their semi-annual meeting Sept. 16-18. Meeting in Richmond, directors of the independent news service based in…
It’s not easy being green
This isn't your mother's environmentalism. Footage of polar bears on shrinking glaciers and hummingbirds in sparse rainforests used to have a prominent place in films about the need to “go green.” But now some Christian environmentalists are engaging believers with…
Leadership network plans ‘simple church’ workshop in Roanoke
RICHMOND — What are we trying to accomplish with persons in our churches? To simply keep them busy, or something more intentional and significant? Eric Geiger, co-author of the book, Simple Church, will attempt to answer those questions in a…