Staff Changes Stephen Turner, to Claybrook Church, Weems, as pastor. Ronnie L. Rogers, to New Hope Church, Appomattox, as pastor. Ashley Gatewood, to Laurel Hill Church, Verona, as minister of students. Mike Gibson, resigning as minister of music at Bethlehem…
As disasters keep coming, relief groups respond in Pakistan, Guatemala
(ABP) — Rescue specialists from Hungarian Baptist Aid have joined the recovery effort in Pakistan, where the country's worst earthquake ever killed an estimated 41,000 people Oct. 8. Other Baptist organizations — including the Baptist World Alliance, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship…
Bible curriculum looks at poverty, racism in Katrina’s aftermath
ATLANTA (ABP) — A five-lesson Bible study course, published by two Baptist groups, is intended to help churches focus on poverty and racial issues that surfaced in the rubble of Hurricane Katrina. “Lessons on Poverty and Racism,” scheduled for release…
Kenyan, American students hold second joint Passport youth camp
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Alex Lowman, 15, didn't know if she would have anything in common with youth from Kenya. But a weeklong Passport youth camp just outside of Nairobi, Kenya, showed her the world is a smaller place than…
New trustees named for Shorter as long legal battle ends
ROME, Ga. (ABP) — Nelson Price, a leading conservative among Baptists in Georgia and the Southern Baptist Convention, was named acting trustee chair at Shorter College following a long legal battle that ended with the Georgia Baptist Convention retaining complete…
American Baptists cutting staff, but ‘not collapsing,’ says Medley
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — The American Baptist Churches USA is shutting down its communications department — the latest step in budget cuts and restructuring brought on by declining funds and theological division in the denominational group. Although the ABC…
Soulful singer Kate Campbell weaves storytelling with social awareness
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Don't look for her songs on the standard country, rock, or even Christian charts. Instead, Kate Campbell's fans would say, listen to the singer-songwriter's music for the unique voice it gives not only to the experiences…
After Katrina, Miss. legislators will let casinos stay on land
JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — Remember those floating casinos washed ashore by Hurricane Katrina? The Mississippi legislature wants to let them stay there — or, more accurately, let them rebuild on land. Despite strong opposition from Mississippi Baptists and other religious…
Senators add torture ban to military spending bill
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. Senate defied President Bush Oct. 5, voting overwhelmingly to amend a Pentagon spending bill to ban “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” of anyone in U.S. military custody. The amendment passed on a 90-9…