DALLAS (ABP) — On Nov. 3, a Canadian film team will release in U.S. theatres The Great Warming, a movie about climate change and the initiatives aimed at reversing its trend toward permanent ecologic damage. Unlike other recent environmental movies,…
Opinion: The end of the Hummer age
The global communities of science, business, and policymaking have largely moved past the debate about whether humans are causing serious climate change and on to the question of what to do about it. But the conservative Christian sector in the…
Reaction tempered from theological schools left out of CBF’s top tier of ‘partners’
DALLAS (ABP) – After Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders voted Oct. 13 to award “identity partner” status to just four of the nine theological schools that applied for the designation, CBF board members and officials worried about the strained relationships and…
Missouri Baptist committee wants to boot 18 churches with ties to moderates
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — If a Missouri Baptist Convention committee has its way, messengers to the convention's annual meeting Oct. 31 will effectively eject 18 congregations — including the very church in which the convention got its start. If…
Reform-minded Wiley Drake won’t accept traditional obscurity of SBC’s 2nd VP
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention expects very little from its vice presidents — nothing, in fact — unless the SBC president becomes incapacitated. Traditionally, those elected each year to the mostly honorary VP positions are seen…
New Orleans churches stagger back to life
Seventy-five people gathered in bright sunshine on a recent Sunday outside Reaping the Harvest Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans. They applauded as pastor Troy Lawrence, resplendent in a three-piece gray pinstriped suit, cut a red ribbon and, for…
Franklin Baptist proves unsinkable
Suffering its second flood in seven years, Franklin Baptist Church was closed for a week as waters from the swollen Blackwater River crept into town. “During the Sunday we were out [of the building] we had a community service,” offered…
Evangelicals push for end to genocide in Darfur
Twenty-four evangelical leaders–both progressive and conservative–placed full-page ads in leading U.S. newspapers Oct. 18 calling for President Bush and the American public to stop genocide in Darfur. The leaders requested an immediate session with the president to discuss economic sanctions…
LifeWay to open two new stores in Virginia
Two new LifeWay stores, one in Lynchburg and one in Fredericksburg are scheduled to open in the Thanksgiving to Christmas time frame. The Lynchburg store, containing 6,300 square feet, will be located on Ward's Road across from the Wal-Mart near…