Editor's note: This article updates and corrects the one issued Sat., Jan. 7. DALLAS (ABP) — Pioneer Baptist ethicist Foy Valentine died suddenly Jan. 7 of an apparent heart attack, family members said. He was 82. A native Texan and…
Alito hearings begin with emphasis placed squarely on abortion rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) — While senators waxed eloquent on many of their pet issues during the opening day of confirmation hearings for President Bush's nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, one hit the primary issue on…
Fellowship relief efforts in Sri Lanka meet needs for housing, clean water
PALAI, Sri Lanka (ABP) — By restoring the water supply to a boys' orphanage in Sri Lanka — a project that took just three hours and about $30 — the orphanage now can house more boys, many of whom lost…
Ethics pioneer Foy Valentine dies suddenly in Dallas
Editor's note: This article updates and corrects the one issued Sat., Jan. 7. DALLAS (ABP) — Pioneer Baptist ethicist Foy Valentine died suddenly Jan. 7 of an apparent heart attack, family members said. He was 82. A native Texan and…
SBC Executive Committee member arrested in gay prostitution sting
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — A Southern Baptist Convention leader was arrested Jan. 3 in Oklahoma City for offering to have sex with a male undercover police officer. Police arrested Lonnie Latham, pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church in Tulsa, Okla.,…
Florida Supreme Court overturns statewide voucher program
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (ABP) — The Florida Supreme Court overturned that state's school-voucher program Jan. 5, saying it violates the Florida Constitution. But the court's decision did not address whether state money for parochial schools violates Florida's religious-freedom laws. Lower state…
Financial strides let Georgetown overcome SACS probation
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — One year after being placed on probation by its accrediting association, Georgetown College has been “given a clean bill of health,” according to college president Bill Crouch. Georgetown was placed on probation in December 2004 by…
Wildfire destroys Texas church; Baptists deliver aid to victims
KOKOMO, Texas (ABP) — Wildfires sweeping across North Texas burned down Kokomo Baptist Church Dec. 31. While members of the church were preventing wildfires from destroying homes in their community, a fire turned their church into a “pile of rubble,”…
Baptist congregation, friends mourn death of Florida plane-crash victims
ROME, Ga. (ABP) — When a shrimp boat accidentally snagged the wreckage of a submerged plane off the Florida coast early Jan. 2, a long, sad wait came to an end for a Baptist family in Rome, Ga. The bodies…
Arson suspected in Christmas fires at Texas community ministry
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Fires apparently set by an arsonist on Christmas Eve and in the pre-dawn hours of Christmas Day caused significant damage to a Baptist community ministry in Arlington, Texas. But by the next day, Mission Arlington was…
Dallas church gets funding renewed for residency program for pastors
DALLAS (ABP) — The Lilly Endowment has awarded Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas a second round of funding for its unique pastoral residency program. The $850,000 grant will fund another five years of the program that brings recent seminary graduates…
American Baptist congregation witnesses rejoicing, sorrow during mine tragedy
BUCKHANNON, W. Va. (ABP) — Praises turned to curses for families gathered Jan. 4 inside a West Virginia Baptist church building waiting for news of their loved ones trapped after a coal-mine accident. Relatives of the 13 trapped miners had…