Counseling at Southern The headline (“A new way to counsel”) on page 7 of the March 3 Religious Herald is misleading. What Southern Seminary is planning to do with their counseling program is not new. In 1970 Jay Adams heralded…
Federal court rules in Bush’s favor in AmeriCorps faith-based program
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a program that is part of President Bush's plan to fund social services through religious charities. The U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled March…
Are the Ten Commandments really integral to American legal history?
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of government displays of the Ten Commandments, and one local official thinks he knows why such displays are legal. “American law is all about God,” said Allan Watson, mayor of…
House passes bill allowing discrimination as Bush reaffirms faith-based plan
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives has passed another bill giving religious charities the right to discriminate in hiring, even when they receive federal funds. On a largely party-line vote of 224 to 200, the chamber passed the Job…
Prodigal father gets second chance through New Orleans Baptist ministry
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — When Jim Blakely faced medical difficulties in recent years and had to be admitted to the hospital, a friend would ask if there was a family member who needed to be contacted. “I have no one,”…
CBF, Buckner sign partnership to expand global ministry among children
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) — A major initiative designed to transform the lives of children and families domestically and abroad is being launched in 2005 through a partnership among African Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Texas-based Buckner Baptist Benevolences….
BGCT publisher to produce BWA Bible studies
DALLAS (ABP) — BaptistWay Press, the publishing arm of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will produce the Bible study materials for this summer's Baptist World Alliance Centenary Congress in Birmingham, England. The Texas publisher replaces LifeWay Christian Resources, the…
Activists weigh in as Decalogue debate spills over to Supreme Court plaza
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two different views of religion's role in government clashed inside and outside the Supreme Court March 2, as the justices heard arguments about Ten Commandments displays on public property. Charles Hoffman, an activist from Kentucky, held aloft…
Retreat participants cast vision for CBF collegiate ministry
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — August brought a lot of the same for college minister Tim Willis. Same campus. Same students. Same mission. But there was one major difference – a new job and a new ministry venture. After 18 years…
Youth ministry changing among Millennial generation
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — Sometimes the best way to minister to youth is by offering them less, said veteran youth minister Sam Hestorff. Youth ministry often contributes to the overwhelmingly busy lives of young people, said Hestorff of Bayshore Baptist…
Texas Baptist leaders vote to seek membership in Baptist World Alliance
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas will seek full membership in the Baptist World Alliance, a body with which it has had informal ties for a number of years. The BGCT's Executive Board approved the action March…
Wary Supreme Court hears arguments in two 10 Commandments cases
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The justices of the Supreme Court waded cautiously March 2 into one of the nation's most controversial issues: Whether, and how, governmental displays of the Ten Commandments can ever be constitutional. Hearing oral arguments in two cases,…