JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Wayne Stacy, dean of the divinity school at Gardner-Webb University, is expected to leave to become pastor of a church in Florida. Stacy, 53, will be recommended Jan. 11 to lead Southside Baptist Church in Jacksonville,…
Special court will hear Moore case after Alabama justices recuse selves
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — A specially appointed judicial panel, led by a former Alabama governor, will hear Roy Moore's appeal after Moore's former state Supreme Court justices withdrew from the case. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) announced Dec. 16 that…
Baptists going to Super Bowl, with or without tickets
HOUSTON (ABP) — The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans may not make it to the Super Bowl this year, but Texas Baptists plan to be there anyway. They hope to share the gospel with many of the 200,000 people, including…
Annual State Department report lists religious-freedom violators
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The State Department's annual report on the status of religious freedom across the globe is out, and its chief villains have some familiar faces. According to the report, released Dec. 18, China, Burma and North Korea remain…
China detains two for supporting unofficial Christian churches
GLENSIDE, Pa. (ABP) — Government officials in China have detained a computer technician, Zhang Shengqi, and a church historian, Liu Fenggang, and placed them in jail for posting articles on the Internet in support of the unofficial Chinese Christian church….
Moscow seminary president sees school influencing Eastern Europe
ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — With a ministry field spanning 11 time zones, the task facing Alexander Kozynko and his Russian Baptist seminary is enormous. So he is looking for help from Baptist brethren in the United States. Russia is home…
Another federal appeals court upholds religious freedom law
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, only a month after one of its sister courts declared the law unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of…
Louisiana College won’t review book policy, trustee chair says
PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — Trustees of Louisiana College don't plan to revise the new policy that requires textbooks to be approved by administrators, says chairperson Joe Nesom, despite student and faculty protests and threats from alumni to withdraw financial support….
Chowan College trustees put search on hold, extend interim president
MURFREESBORO, N.C. (ABP) — The trustees of Chowan College have dissolved the committee searching for a new president and authorized Interim President Chris White to use the title of president for now, according to trustee chairperson Bynum Brown. Trustees said…
News briefs from ABP’s Washington Bureau
Judge Moore appeals dismissal to colleagues MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Deposed Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has asked his former colleagues to reverse his removal from office. Moore filed a notice of appeal Dec. 10 with the Alabama Supreme Court. In…
Southeastern to recommend Daniel Akin as sixth president
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) – Daniel Akin, academic dean at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will be recommended as president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary next month, according to a search committee. A special meeting of Southeastern's trustees has been set…
Some Churches of Christ re-examine tradition of instrument-free worship
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — The raging debate over worship music has surfaced in a most unlikely place — within the Churches of Christ, which bear the historical distinction of shunning all musical instruments in worship. Over the past two…