DALLAS (ABP) — As much of the world continues to wait for signs of peace in Israel, John Brown continues to wait for signs of oil beneath it. Brown is the chairman and founder of Zion Oil and Gas, Inc.,…
BWA world event in Ghana promotes theme of unity
ACCRA, Ghana (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering got off to a rousing start July 2 as more than 500 participants joined a choir from Calvary Baptist Church in Accra, Ghana, to celebrate God's work through a fast-paced…
CBF, BWA speakers emphasize Baptist freedom, presence of Christ
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In his speech on the last day of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's annual meeting, Daniel Vestal stressed the historical tradition of Baptists to champion freedom — a tradition rooted in a biblical idea, he said. As an…
American Baptists observe centennial, Baptist unity at quiet biennial meeting
WASHINGTON (ABP) — American Baptists both observed and made history during an otherwise-quiet biennial meeting June 28-July 2 in Washington. Delegates and guests of the American Baptist Churches USA's largest national gathering celebrated their centennial as a denomination and observed…
In commissioning service, Fellowship sends 18 missionaries, some jointly with ABC
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In a duo of historic commissioning services held June 28 and 29 in Washington, supporters of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship sent 18 new missionaries and field personnel for service in the United States and abroad. Sixteen of…
CBF to consider endorsing UN’s goals for fighting poverty, hunger, disease
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship took the first step June 29 toward joining the United Nations' campaign against global poverty and disease, called the Millennium Development Goals. In a break from business as usual during the Fellowship's national…
At BJC event, historian Ballmer seeks America’s ‘true Baptists’
WASHINGTON (ABP) — One of the most prominent historians of American evangelicalism called on “true Baptists” June 29 to re-assert their prophetic role “as watchmen on the wall of separation between church and state.” Randall Ballmer, a history professor at…
CBF event: American Baptists, new moderator, U.N. development goals
WASHINGTON (ABP) — More than 2,500 Baptists gathered June 28-29 for the annual Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Washington. For the first time, it featured a joint gathering with the American Baptist Churches USA. The service in Washington's convention center marked…
Gospel music from Baptists pulls big crowds in Japan
TOKYO (ABP) — Thanks to a Japanese fascination with gospel music — inspired in part by the Sister Act movies — churches in the United States have started offering gospel concerts and classes in Japan as ways to reach others….
Opinion: ‘Historical amnesia’ and the Christian creeds
Professor Walter Shurden has commented recently on the diverse dangers arising for what he terms the “historical amnesia” of the Baptist people. Foremost among these dangers he places the movement “from a Christ-centered to a creed-centered faith.” The substitution of…
Joint meeting of American Baptists, CBF models newfound cooperation
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Worship infused with music and missions, cooperation and communion, and doses of laughter marked a historic reunion of Baptists June 29 in the nation's capital city. The American Baptist Churches USA and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship held…
Correction
In the June 26th ABP story, “Southern Baptists in California create competing state convention,” please replace the first sentence of the 8th paragraph with the following: Wilson said 25 percent of the money contributed by his congregation to denominational missions…