WASHINGTON (ABP) — Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's increasingly prominent habit of using politically sympathetic churches as a platform for campaign speeches is drawing criticism — though for differing reasons — from groups on both the ideological right and the…
Corrections:
In the ABP story “Truett Seminary prof dies after battle with cancer” released July 20, the date of Chip Conyer's death should read July 18 instead of July 20. Also in the ABP story “Watchdog group files complaint against Arkansas…
300 candles brightly shining
On July 27, 1707, representatives of five churches formed the Philadelphia Baptist Association. It was the first Baptist association in the United States. Earlier, there were “yearly meetings” and occasional gatherings among the scattered churches; but in 1707 the urge…
OUT LOUD
“I can’t think of a religious group he didn’t offend. He even did a cartoon that upset the Episcopalians, and you know how hard it is to upset Episcopalians. John Shelton Reed The longtime friend of Baptist cartoonist Doug Marlette,…
Virginia Baptist Foundation awards 12 grants to ministry partners
RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Foundation has awarded 12 grants totaling over $100,000 to 11 Virginia Baptist ministry partners, according to Ronald C. Hall, president and CEO of the Foundation. Hall announced the following recipients, which were awarded grants by…
Massachusetts court delivers gay-marriage setback
BOSTON (ABP) — The same court that created a national firestorm by legalizing gay marriage in 2003 delivered gay-rights activists a setback March 30 in a related case. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 7-1 that an obscure 1913 law…
Surgery leads Mohler to bow out of SBC race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will bow out of the race to head the Southern Baptist Convention, according to a Feb. 14 statement. Mohler will undergo surgery for a pre-cancerous tumor in his…
Hollifield elected to director’s post in North Carolina Baptist convention
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Milton Hollifield became the 14th executive director-treasurer of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention during a special called convention April 11 — the first in the convention's history. An announced total of 1,066 messengers attended the…
Music collaboration to benefit African school
RICHMOND — American Youth Harp Ensemble and Richmond area choirs will join forces next month to present “Amani Peace Concert,” an African music collaboration benefiting the Grace Baptist Institute in Liberia. The performance takes place on Sunday, May 4, at…
Pizza magnate building ‘city of God’; Catholics flock while critics mock
NAPLES, Fla. (ABP) — Pizza tycoon Thomas Monaghan, despite rumors to the contrary, will not forbid X-rated movies or ban the sale of contraceptives in his new, faith-based town in Florida. And he will allow you to live there if…
CORRECTION
The chair of the Baptist General Association of Virginia's Christian life committee is David Roberts, not Bill Nieporte as reported in last week's Herald.
NAMB transfers role in Vancouver mission outreach to Canadians
VANCOUVER, B.C. (ABP) — American ministry strategies in a Canadian culture have proven to be an imperfect match, at least for the North American Mission Board's Strategic Focus Cities effort. But ministry leaders at NAMB and within the Canadian Convention…