(ABP) — Although Bible training for school-age children is still popular, preschoolers and adolescents are kept out of the Sunday school loop in a growing number of churches. According to a study of 614 Protestant churches nationwide by the Barna…
‘Partial-birth’ abortion ban violates Constitution, appeals court says
ST. LOUIS (ABP) — A federal appeals court in St. Louis has become the latest to declare unconstitutional a 2003 federal law banning what abortion-rights opponents call “partial-birth” abortions. The decision is sure to add fuel to the debate over…
Religious freedom commission elects evangelical as chairman
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal panel that monitors global conditions for religious freedom has elected an evangelical Christian activist as its chairman. Michael Cromartie will serve as the 2005-06 chair for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Cromartie,…
Prominent K.C. church faces lawsuit alleging sexual assault by pastor’s son
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (ABP) — One of the Missouri Baptist Convention's largest congregations has been sued by a former intern, claiming the pastor's son — who was then the church's single-adult minister — sexually assaulted and impregnated her. The accused, Mark…
Festivals help Luis Palau reach out to the culture with music and sport
By Judith Cebula April Lundholm, 16, showed up for the bands. The skateboarders were great. And the best part? “It didn't,” she says, “feel like church.” The suburban Minneapolis teenager is describing a Luis Palau Festival, an evangelistic outreach that…
European meeting could result in new group
Twelve conservative Baptists from Europe met with nine Southern Baptist leaders July 1-2 in Warsaw, Poland, in what one participant said could be a precursor to a new international organization of “like-minded” Baptists. The participants said their intent was not…
Recognizing the truth when we hear it
Editorial for June 30, 2005 By Jim White There is much I don't know. Anyone who knows me is not surprised in the least by this statement. But, self-deprecation aside for the moment, there is much I do know as…
FIRST PERSON: Ukrainian pixie with a mission
By Karen Feathers When we first met Diana in late October 2001 at the Berizka Baby House in Kiev, Ukraine, we saw a very quiet and withdrawn little 2-year-old who sucked the inside of her mouth out of fear and…
Mother Linda and Father Francis
Heritage Column for June 30, 2005 By Fred Anderson I never pass through the southern end of Augusta County that I do not think of Greenville Baptist Church and two strong personalities from the past and present: Mother Linda and…