DALLAS (ABP) — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will not be allowed to exhibit at the Baptist General Convention of Texas meeting this fall — further fallout from the deteriorating relationship between the Texas convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. A…
Baylor financial VP resigns to return to private business
WACO, Texas (ABP) — David Brooks, vice president for finance and administration at Baylor University, will leave the school at the end of July to return to private business. Brooks, 45, has been the principal architect of the financial model…
Baylor student disciplined for organizing gay-rights march
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A recent Baylor University graduate says he signed, under protest, a statement admitting he violated the school's conduct code by organizing a gay-rights rally — because he feared he wouldn't be allowed to graduate if he had…
North Carolina Baptist leaders adopt statement on public schools
ASHEBORO, N.C. (ABP) – The General Board of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention weighed in on several social issues but declined to address the state's cooperative giving plans during its spring meeting May 18-19 at Caraway. Adopting a statement…
American, CBF Baptists hold historic joint meeting
MANCHESTER, N.H. (ABP) — In a historic reunion of sorts, an American Baptist body and a group that emerged from the Southern Baptist Convention recently held a joint meeting in New Hampshire. The American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New…
BGCT to ask Houston Baptist University to rescind pact with conservative group
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas is expected to ask Houston Baptist University to rescind its new “fraternal relationship” with the more conservative Southern Baptists of Texas Convention because the relationship “violates the spirit and intent” of…
Ad execs ignore ethical implications of their work, researchers say
ARLINGTON (ABP) — Many advertising executives fail to see any ethical implications of their work, and if they do see moral problems, they refuse to talk about them, according to research by two professors. And such a “see-no-evil, speak-no-evil” attitude…
Individual N.C. Baptists less supportive of SBC than their churches, survey suggests
BUIES CREEK, N.C. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention and its conservative statement of faith are not viewed favorably among rank-and-file Baptists in North Carolina, even though most Baptist churches in the state still support the SBC financially. By a…
Churches can reach Millennials by helping them find significance
HOUSTON (ABP) — Churches can reach “Millennials” — the traditionalist generation of Americans born since 1982 — by helping them “figure out the code” to life's profound questions, futurist Neil Howe advised. Howe is a demographer, economist, historian and author…