ATLANTA (ABP) — Baptists from across North America will convene in Atlanta early next year to emphasize their compassion rather than the racial, theological and social conflict that has divided them for decades. Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton…
Celebration of A New Baptist Covenant
1. Jimmy Allen, Chairman, Baptists Today; Former President of Southern Baptist Convention 2. Lloyd Allen, McAfee School of Theology 3. Rob Appel, Executive Director, Seventh Day Baptist Conference 4. Jedaias Azevedo, General Secretary, Association of Brazilian Baptist Churches in North…
Pastor survives split with SBC, retires after 25 years at historic Va. church
SPRINGWOOD, Va. (ABP) — It's different at the white frame Baptist church on the hill this week. There's no Harold Cook with his white cat, Chrissy, to do the things he's done for the past 25 years. With his retirement,…
Clinton, Carter, others planning 2008 confab seeking ‘new Baptist voice’
ATLANTA (ABP) — The nation's two living Baptist ex-presidents are calling for a historic convocation in Atlanta next year, intended to improve the “negative” image of Baptists in North America and to unite the majority of Baptists into a loose-knit…
For many Baptists, strict views on alcohol may be changing
DALLAS (ABP) — A growing number of Baptists may have welcomed the New Year by raising a glass of something a bit stronger than iced tea. In recent years, Baptist attitudes toward alcohol consumption have seemed to change, according to…
Opinion: Botched Hussein execution reveals truth about ‘new’ Iraq
While President Bush was taking his holiday to reflect on what to do now in Iraq, the Iraqis themselves took a step that may have entirely preempted his reflections. The botched execution of Saddam Hussein revealed the depths to which…
1st Muslim in Congress answers critics by taking oath on Jefferson’s Quran
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The first Muslim member of Congress, responding to critics who said his plan to swear an oath of office on the Quran is anti-American, decided to use about the most patriotic copy of the Muslim holy book…
Bushes, Clintons, Obama, Graham among year’s most-admired
PRINCETON, N.J. (ABP) — Americans must have politics on their minds. According to a recent Gallup poll, George W. Bush is the most admired man in the world. Sen. Hilary Clinton (D-NY) is the most admired woman. And Sen. Barack…
Wiard Popkes, who led European seminary through tumult, dies
LUNEBURG, Germany (ABP) — A German Baptist theologian who led the International Baptist Theological Seminary through some of its most tumultuous years has died. Wiard Popkes, a retired professor at the Baptist Seminary of Hamburg and long-time trustee chairman of…
Wiard Popkes, who led European seminary through tumult, dies
LUNEBURG, Germany (ABP) — A German Baptist theologian who led the International Baptist Theological Seminary through some of its most tumultuous years has died. Wiard Popkes, a retired professor at the Baptist Seminary of Hamburg and long-time trustee chairman of…
Frank Adams, Baptist leader in Africa, dead in Ghana
WASHINGTON — Frank Adams, general secretary of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship, died Dec. 27 in Kumasi, Ghana. His age was unavailable. Before heading up the African region of the Baptist World Alliance, Adams was the general secretary for the…
John Merritt, missionary, author, Baptist leader in Europe, dies
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (ABP) — John Merritt, general secretary emeritus of the International Baptist Convention, died of cancer Dec. 29. He was 76. Merritt served as a missionary with the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board — then known as the…