WASHINGTON (ABP) — American cities are becoming increasingly hostile to the plight of the homeless, according to a report by an advocacy group. Almost 70 percent of the cities studied by National Coalition for the Homeless have passed one or…
Spiritual revival is key to ending homelessness, workers say
DALLAS — (ABP) — A personal spiritual revival is the key for homeless individuals to overcome their multitude of issues and get off the street, according to leaders of Christian ministries. Ministries providing food, clothing and job training are effectively…
Conservative Episcopalians meet to provide further shape to network
WOODBRIDGE, Va. (ABP) — A massive gathering of conservative Episcopalians met in a suburb of Washington Jan. 9-10 to encourage each other and further discuss the shape of a new network of churches within the Episcopal Church in the United…
Former Illinois Baptist president nabbed in prostitution crackdown
BETHALO, Ill. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist and Illinois Baptist leader is scheduled to appear in court in February on a charge that he solicited a prostitute in a carwash parking lot. Charles West, former president of the Illinois Baptist…
Stacy to leave Gardner-Webb for Jacksonville pastorate
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — By a unanimous vote Jan. 11, Wayne Stacy, dean of the divinity school at Gardner-Webb University, will become pastor of a church in Florida. A South Florida native, Stacy, 53, was presented to the 1,600-member Southside…
CBF, American Baptists aid Iranian earthquake victims
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the American Baptist Churches are sending relief funds to aid victims of the earthquake that virtually wiped out the Iranian city of Bam. The Dec. 26 temblor killed, according to the U.S….
Polls suggest gay marriage may hurt Democrats in 2004
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two new polls seem to provide more bad news for supporters of gay rights and the candidates who court them. Polls recently released by National Public Radio and the Family Research Council show strong opposition both to…
Billy Graham recovering after surgery to repair hip
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Evangelist Billy Graham is recovering in a Jacksonville hospital after partial hip-replacement surgery Jan. 6, according to a story in the Florida Times-Union. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association spokesman Larry Ross said Graham, 85, fell during the…
Baptists begin relief effort to Iranian quake survivors
DALLAS (ABP) — Disaster-relief volunteers from Texas Baptist churches are slated to leave the United States Jan. 9 bound for Iran, where they will spend two weeks meeting the needs of people left homeless and hurting after a massive earthquake….