COLUMBIA, S.C. (ABP) — Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary is launching a study program specifically designed for Baptist students in South Carolina. Classes in the new program, directed by Virginia Barfield, will begin in the fall. Officials from the Columbia-based seminary…
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In the story “CBF must avoid partisan politics,Vestal tells coordinating council” in the Feb. 23 issue, please change the CBF web site from www.thefellowship.org to www.thefellowship.info. -30-
CBF council approves doubling support for Baptist World Alliance
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's contribution to the Baptist World Alliance will increase from $20,000 to $40,000 next year if participants at the CBF general assembly adopt the $16 million budget approved by the CBF Coordinating Council Feb….
CBF must avoid partisan politics, Vestal tells coordinating council
ATLANTA (ABP) — “We are not going to be involved in secular politics,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal told the CBF Coordinating Council at their Feb. 19-20 meeting in Atlanta. Fellowship participants are “all over the board when it…
Federal religious freedom panel recommends 11 nations for sanctions
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal panel charged with monitoring global religious freedom conditions has picked 11 countries as the world's worst violators of that basic human right. In a Feb. 18 press conference, commission members announced they are asking Secretary…
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In the Feb. 18 ABP story “New York Baptist leaders Quinn Pugh dead at 74,” please change the reference of East Texas State University to East Texas Baptist University. -30-
Enron whistleblower tells chilling tale of corporate ruin
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins warned Samford University students Feb. 19 to avoid “the slow steps to disaster” that can result in ethical failures in business. Watkins, one of Time magazine's Persons of the Year in 2002,…
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In the Feb. 18 ABP story, “New Orleans Seminary delays SBC effort to consolidate control,” please replace the 16th graph with the following paragraph. The attorney hired by the seminary was mistakenly identified as Greg Irwin. Richard Wolfe was the…
‘The Passion’ offers bloody, powerful vision of Jesus’ death
LOS ANGELES (ABP) — The blood of Jesus Christ. Christians sing hymns about it and debate its real or symbolic presence in the communion wine. But in Mel Gibson's controversial “The Passion of the Christ,” they will see it splattered…