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 —…
CBF council reports declining revenues, adopts new budget
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — Halfway through their fiscal year, leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship were informed of a significant revenue shortfall for the organization during the CBF Coordinating Council meeting Feb. 16 in Decatur, Ga. Undesignated receipts were 13.2…
Covenant most important Baptist event since Civil War, organizer tells CBF
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — Next January's “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant” will be the most important Baptist event since before the Civil War, an emotional Jimmy Allen told Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders Feb. 16. Allen, the last moderate to…
California pastor challenges colleagues to move beyond ‘church’ to unbelievers
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Unlike most pastors, Erwin McManus is more comfortable talking to people outside the church than he is to rooms full of Christians — like the ones at the North Carolina Baptist State Convention's evangelism conference Feb….
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…