Churches transformed by Katrina help rebuild New Orleans — house by house NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Hurricane Katrina is changing New Orleans’ churches as surely as it changed the face of the flooded city itself — and some…
Texas Christian Life Commission picks Paynter for director post
DALLAS (ABP) — Suzii Paynter has been named director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission — the first woman to hold the influential position. The directorship of the ethics and public-policy organization is historically one of the most high-profile…
Children’s educator to lead Eagle Eyrie conference
Renowned children's educator Catherine Stonehouse is slated to lead a seminar entitled “Children Matter” at Eagle Eyrie Conference Center near Lynchburg on Friday, Sept. 15 from 1-5 p.m. Stonehouse is professor of Christian education at Asbury Seminary in Asbury, Ky….
Winkler’s case shows pastors’ wives often fight unknown pressures
SELMER, Tenn. (ABP) — Mary Winkler allegedly killed her husband, a 31-year-old pastor, because of financial and familial problems — problems often present but undetected in the lives of pastors' wives. After posting her $750,000 bond, Winkler's lawyers said, she…
Washington Baptist University names new president
Jacob S. Shin has been named president of Washington Baptist University in Annandale, the school's board of directors announced last week. Shin had been serving as interim president of the Korean Baptist seminary since December 2005. Shin, a graduate of…
Texas author pioneers new genre: Christian ‘graphic novels’
FLOWER MOUND, Texas (ABP) — Robert Luedke loved drawing and reading comic books when he was a boy. Years later, he became a Christian. Now Luedke is bringing both passions together for a career. Luedke, president of Texas-based Head Press…
Entrust credit union aims at Christian market
Listening to Susan Adams and David Harpe one gets the feeling that they really believe what they are saying: “We are here to help people!” Adams, president and CEO of a credit union established in the 1970s to serve the…
Bush’s reference to ‘Islamic fascism’ raises question of term’s usefulness
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's use of the term “Islamic fascism” to describe the conspirators in a foiled London airline bombing plot echoes many conservatives who have employed versions of the term in recent years to discuss Islamic-based terrorism. But…
Entrust credit union aims at Christian market
Listening to Susan Adams and David Harpe one gets the feeling that they really believe what they are saying: “We are here to help people!” Adams, president and CEO of a credit union established in the 1970s to serve the…
Correction
In the Aug. 15 story “Are secular newspapers ready for Christian cartoons?” please change the name of the comic strip to “Heaven's Love Thrift Shop.” It was initially listed as “Heaven's Love Gift Shop.”
Virginia pastor takes journey to Kenya through sabbatic
Tom Stocks, who has served as pastor for 17 years at Rosalind Hills Baptist Church in Roanoke, never thought he would need or take a sabbatical. But in January — after three church capital campaigns in the last five years,…
MID-ATLANTIC DIGEST
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Interns find ways to blend faith and policy. Maggie Machledt says she experiences God in her internship at Joseph's House, a community-based hospice for formerly homeless people. The recent Hope College graduate mops floors, does clerical work,…