GREENWOOD, Mo. (ABP) — In what the detective investigating it called Missouri's biggest clergy sex-abuse to date, Shawn Davies, a 33-year-old former music and youth minister, was sentenced Jan. 12 to 20 years in prison for molesting children at First…
Missouri Baptist pastor sentenced to 20 years for child sex-abuse
GREENWOOD, Mo. (ABP) — In what the detective investigating it described as Missouri's biggest clergy sex-abuse to date, Shawn Davies, a 33-year-old former music and youth minister, was sentenced Jan. 12 to 20 years in prison for molesting children at…
Opinion: Hearing God’s voice
Years ago during my sojourn at Southern Seminary, William Hendricks, my theology professor, told us of a young man who informed him, “God told me you shouldn't be teaching here anymore.” Professor Hendricks' response was direct and to the point:…
Belmont subpoenas church records in Tennessee Baptist lawsuit
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (ABP) — Belmont University has subpoenaed giving records from 100 Tennessee Baptist Convention churches in an ongoing legal dispute with the convention over control of the school's assets. The subpoena asks for records on churches' giving to the…
Cowboy church appeal spreading thanks to laid-back approach
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (ABP) — On a chilly morning in central Texas, a man in ostrich-skin cowboy boots stood shivering beside a horse trough. Then he stepped in the water-filled tank. Charles Higgs quickly dunked the cowboy. Higgs, the pastor of…
Correction
In the Jan. 12 story titled “Biblical Recorder editor to take university post” please replace the fifth graph with the following: The 172-year-old newspaper announced last February it would nominate four people to open seats on its 16-member board, bypassing…
Authorities investigating fires at North Carolina churches
GREENVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — “Suspicious” fires damaged two Baptist churches and a break-in was discovered at a third in Greenville, N.C., the night of Jan. 13. Memorial Baptist Church and Unity Free Will Baptist, located near each other in the…
Correction
Please replace the first paragraph in the Jan 11 ABP story, “Analysis: Do Baptist leaders regret justifying Iraq war?” with the following: As the number of American soldiers killed passes 3,000 and Congress debates President Bush's latest strategy for winning…
SBC officials reject Carter, unity talk, but not all Southern Baptists join chorus
ATLANTA (ABP) — Southern Baptist officials harshly rejected Jimmy Carter's effort to unite all Baptists in North America under a compassion agenda, calling the ambitious plan “voodoo ecumenism” and a thinly veiled Democratic strategy to woo values voters. But other…