UNEDITED NEWS RELEASLE — RICHMOND,Va. – “Let Justice Roll” is the theme of the Ninth annual Chester Brown, Hampton Baptist Church Preaching and Worship Conference, May 21-23, at Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond. Plenary and worship sessions will explore Christ's…
Ark. tornado prompts response by churches, convention
DUMAS, Ark. (ABP) — Within a few hours after an F-3 tornado tore a path of destruction through a southeast Arkansas town Feb. 24, Arkansas Baptists disaster-relief volunteers and area church members were on hand aiding victims and assessing the…
American religious delegation travels to Iran to seek peace
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — A Christian delegation led by Quakers and Mennonites met with political and religious leaders in Iran to improve relations between the United States and the volatile nation. Representatives from the American Friends Service Committee and the…
Mainstream Baptist leaders credit ‘freedom’ for keeping them Baptist
IRVING, Texas (ABP) — A refrain of freedom echoed through a Mainstream Baptist Network convocation in suburban Dallas Feb. 23-24. About 80 participants from across the South gathered for the sixth-annual event. During the session, seven speakers addressed the theme…
Texas lawsuit, drug company decision slow push for mandatory HPV vaccine
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — Advocates for mandating a vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer for teenage girls have received two new setbacks, with a lawsuit against the first state to make the regimen mandatory and an announcement that the pharmaceutical…
Opinion: The freedom of fasting
It's already Lent and so far we've had a relatively snow-free winter here in Hanover County, Va. While the schools provided the kids with a couple of delayed openings and at least one “just in case” closing, there hasn't really…
Controversial Soledad cross remains after Calif. court declines appeal
SAN DIEGO (ABP) — Supporters of a controversial cross on government land in San Diego won the latest round in a lengthy war over the monument Feb. 21. The California Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a lower…
Former Southern Baptist history group to join American Baptists at Mercer
ATLANTA (ABP) — In a move that will put an American Baptist history collection and a formerly Southern Baptist history group under the same roof, the Baptist History and Heritage Society announced Feb. 23 that it will relocate to Mercer…
Another Baptist minister arrested, charged with child sex exploitation
CAMDEN, S.C. (ABP) — Another Southern Baptist minister has been arrested on child sex-abuse charges, this time for sending pornographic photos of himself to what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Kevin Ogle, 42, pastor of Northgate Colonial Baptist Church…
Correction
In the story Feb. 22 story “Experts: More danger than meets eye in upcoming Supreme Court case,” please replace the 20th paragraph with the following: While the government is not arguing that the Flast expansion be overturned, Bull's friend-of-the-court brief…
Carson-Newman president, resigns amid turmoil
James Netherton, the embattled president of Carson-Newman College, is resigning from the Baptist-affiliated school to become executive vice president of Mercer University. Netherton, president of Carson-Newman since 2000, has been under pressure in recent months. He was the target of…
‘Clash of civilizations’ view of Islam, Christianity simplistic, expert says
AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — The characterization of Muslim and Christian conflict as a “clash of civilizations” only prolongs problems and encourages dangerous forms of fundamentalism, one prominent scholar told listeners at an ethics conference Feb. 19. Charles Kimball, who has…