WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court has declined, without comment, to hear a challenge to Florida's ban on adoptions by homosexuals. Returning to the bench from their month-long winter break Jan. 10, the justices turned away an appeal in Lofton…
Wife of former Baptist executive, Bettye Cothen, dies in Miami at 83
MIAMI (ABP) — Bettye Cothen, 83, wife of former Southern Baptist executive Grady Cothen, died Jan. 10 in a Miami hospice. She had Parkinson's disease. For 63 years, she was married to Grady C. Cothen, retired president of the Southern…
Rick Warren to write column for Ladies’ Home Journal
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP) — Southern Baptist pastor Rick Warren, whose books on spirituality have dominated secular best-seller lists for the past two years, will now write a monthly column for Ladies' Home Journal. The column, which debuts in the…
Louisiana College trustees nominate president, but lawsuit may block vote
Editor's Note: This updates and corrects a story released Jan. 6. PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) – Trustees of embattled Louisiana College will meet Jan. 17 to try again to elect a president, but they likely will be sued to prevent him…
Louisiana College trustees nominate president, but lawsuit may block vote
PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — Trustees of embattled Louisiana College will meet Jan. 17 to try again to elect a president, but they likely will be sued to prevent him from taking office. Joe Aguillard, 47, a conservative professor and chair…
Cash is best for tsunami relief, Baptist disaster leaders say
(ABP) — If you want to help tsunami victims, money is better than supplies, disaster-relief leaders say. It is costlier to ship items overseas when the same supplies can be bought drastically cheaper in the country where relief workers are…
Sri Lanka asks Baptist agency to help salvage future of tsunami orphans
SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — The government of Sri Lanka has asked Baptist Child and Family Services, based in San Antonio, to help open five new emergency child-care centers along the country's east coast to care for tens of thousands of…
CBF issues worship resources for tsunami remembrance
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is providing worship resources for churches to use in remembering those affected by destructive tsunamis in Asia. The resources, compiled by CBF's initiative for congregational life, are available on the Fellowship's website, www.thefellowship.info….
Newdow refiles ‘under God’ case, asks for halt to inaugural prayers
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The famous atheist who failed last year in his attempt to get the phrase “under God” removed from the Pledge of Allegiance is trying again. California physician and attorney Michael Newdow filed a lawsuit in federal court…