WASHINGTON (ABP) — For the second time, President Bush has used a special administrative maneuver to install a controversial nominee to a federal court. On Feb. 20, at the end of Congress' Presidents Day recess, Bush used his recess-appointment power…
Baptist studies program forming at Lutheran seminary in S.C.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (ABP) — Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary is launching a study program specifically designed for Baptist students in South Carolina. Classes in the new program, directed by Virginia Barfield, will begin in the fall. Officials from the Columbia-based seminary…
CORRECTION
In the story “CBF must avoid partisan politics,Vestal tells coordinating council” in the Feb. 23 issue, please change the CBF web site from www.thefellowship.org to www.thefellowship.info. -30-
CBF council approves doubling support for Baptist World Alliance
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's contribution to the Baptist World Alliance will increase from $20,000 to $40,000 next year if participants at the CBF general assembly adopt the $16 million budget approved by the CBF Coordinating Council Feb….
CBF must avoid partisan politics, Vestal tells coordinating council
ATLANTA (ABP) — “We are not going to be involved in secular politics,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal told the CBF Coordinating Council at their Feb. 19-20 meeting in Atlanta. Fellowship participants are “all over the board when it…
Federal religious freedom panel recommends 11 nations for sanctions
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal panel charged with monitoring global religious freedom conditions has picked 11 countries as the world's worst violators of that basic human right. In a Feb. 18 press conference, commission members announced they are asking Secretary…
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In the Feb. 18 ABP story “New York Baptist leaders Quinn Pugh dead at 74,” please change the reference of East Texas State University to East Texas Baptist University. -30-
Enron whistleblower tells chilling tale of corporate ruin
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins warned Samford University students Feb. 19 to avoid “the slow steps to disaster” that can result in ethical failures in business. Watkins, one of Time magazine's Persons of the Year in 2002,…
Small Texas church loses tax exemption for buildings
KINGSVILLE, Texas (ABP) — A small South Texas church could owe up to $10,000 in back taxes on two church-owned properties unless a county authority restores the facilities' tax-exempt status. Kleburg County Tax Assessor Tina Flores removed the property tax…
Academy employee charged with molesting student
SAN MARCOS, Texas (ABP) — An employee of San Marcos Baptist Academy has been dismissed and subsequently arrested on charges of molesting a 17-year-old academy student. Santiago “Jimmy” Morales Jr., 25, has been charged with “improper relationship between an educator…
Students stick to prayer at start of school day
DALLAS (ABP) — Some schoolchildren may use daily classroom moments of silence to pray for all “As.” Now a Dallas church has created a cheat sheet to help them do it. Last year, the Texas legislature mandated a moment of…
Correction
In the Feb. 18 ABP story, “New Orleans Seminary delays SBC effort to consolidate control,” please replace the 16th graph with the following paragraph. The attorney hired by the seminary was mistakenly identified as Greg Irwin. Richard Wolfe was the…