JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — Like it or not, Baptist bloggers are here to stay, according to speakers at a conference on Baptist identity. And those who want to bring healing to the Southern Baptist Convention should listen to the critique…
Will associations, conventions become denominational relics?
JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist state conventions and associations will soon cease to exist as they are currently structured, according to Mike Day, the director of missions for the Mid-South Baptist Association in Memphis. “A new paradigm is on the…
Beneath NBA’s hype, hedonism, players find spiritual substance
LAS VEGAS (ABP) — NBA players are glamorized for hardwood highlights and lifestyles of money, honeys and hip-hop swagger. But on Sunday morning of All-Star weekend in Las Vegas — the NBA's biggest bash in America's premier party city —…
Debate over SBC cooperation, direction marks Baptist Identity conference
JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — The future should be bright for Southern Baptists, but it won't be if they continue their infighting, said Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page Feb. 15 at a conference on Baptist identity. Page, pastor of First…
Baptists Today to honor Baptist historian Wayne Flynt for commitment to justice
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Alabama Baptist historian Wayne Flynt will receive Baptists Today's annual Judson-Rice Award for leadership with integrity April 20. Flynt, professor emeritus at Auburn University, will receive the national news journal's award during a banquet at a…
N.C. pastor returns to Vietnam to evangelize his homeland
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — One North Carolina Baptist pastor isn't content simply to reach out to his fellow Vietnamese living in the United States. “God has opened the doors in Vietnam, allowing the gospel to be shared, and there have…
Did the IMB ‘investigate’ charges? Wade Burleson, IMB say no
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Wade Burleson says there was no “investigation” by the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board into his allegations of trustee improprieties — despite the insistence of some trustees that there was. “What idiot told Mr. Burleson…
Kansas education board again revokes norms that questioned evolution
TOPEKA, Kan. (ABP) — Kansas' state Board of Education has yet again reversed itself on standards for science teaching, removing the questioning of evolution from recommended state curricula. By a 6-4 vote Feb. 14, the panel served another volley in…
N.C. pastor returns to Vietnam to evangelize his homeland
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — One North Carolina Baptist pastor isn't content simply to reach out to his fellow Vietnamese living in the United States. “God has opened the doors in Vietnam, allowing the gospel to be shared, and there have…
Bruce Metzger, Greek scholar responsible for NRSV, dies
PRINCETON, N.J. (ABP) — Bruce Metzger, who was perhaps the 20th century's preeminent New Testament Greek scholar, has died at age 93. The retired seminary professor reportedly died of natural causes in Princeton, N.J., Feb. 13. Metzger helped translate both…
Baptists’ post-Katrina efforts in Louisiana still underway
LACOMBE, La. (ABP) — It's been a long road for the home of Loretta and Samuel Ducre of Lacombe, La. Their original home is gone — destroyed in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina mauled the Gulf coast — and its…
Carson-Newman president resigns amid turmoil, becomes Mercer VP
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (ABP) — 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….