SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — Pledging to focus on the future, leaders of the Baptist World Alliance convened their first global meeting since the Southern Baptist Convention voted in June to withdraw from the international Baptist body. The July 26-31 BWA…
BWA announces plans for global evangelism strategy
SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance will launch a global evangelism strategy during next year's centennial BWA World Congress in England, alliance leaders announced in late July. Playing off the 2005 congress theme, “Jesus Christ: Living Water,” the five-year…
Young Democrat group wants party to regain moral voice
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (ABP) — A group of young Democrats met during their party's national convention to discuss how they can help the Democratic Party “regain its moral footing,” as one participant described it. The meeting, “Faith in Politics Roundtable: Restoring…
Grass-roots opposition holds winning hand in fight against gambling, activists say
(ABP) — In the Bible, casting lots — what many consider to be original gambling — was a way for God's sovereignty to reign through randomness. Now gambling is drawing lots — lots of people, that is. According to a…
Cowboy churches reach out to underrepresented group
WHITNEY, Texas (ABP) — Cowboys and cowgirls are finding new lives on the open range. Large numbers of farmers, ranchers and horsemen — and those attracted to the lifestyle — are encountering Jesus at the eight-week-old Open Range Cowboy Church…
Artist finds fans line up for Bible-based bobblehead dolls
ALLEN, Texas (ABP) — A Christian artist has found a way to celebrate his faith while creating a keepsake that many collectors appear eager to get. “God works in strange and mysterious ways,” says Dan Foote, creator of 7-inch bobblehead…
Two summer documentaries reveal ironic links, messages
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (ABP) — They're a pair of docs — documentaries — as puzzling as a paradox. “America's Heart and Soul,” a feature documentary released by Disney earlier this month, provides a panoramic vision of American diversity by telling the…
Retired Southwestern prof David Garland dies
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — David Garland, distinguished professor emeritus of Old Testament and Hebrew at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died July 21 in Fort Worth, Texas, after a brief illness. “He made the Old Testament come alive as a…
Retired professor Blevins dies at 67 after long illness
LOUISVILLE, Ky., (ABP) – Retired New Testament professor and author James Blevins died July 24 after a long illness. He was 67. A native of Hot Coal, W.Va., Blevins was professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary…