DALLAS (ABP) — A planeload of food sent by Texas Baptist Men arrived March 10 in Haiti, which has been ravaged recently by civil war. More than 300 pounds of nonperishable food landed at the airport in Cap Haitien, where…
Youths who pledge abstinence show similar STD rates to peers
WASHINGTON (ABP) — When true love doesn't wait, it also apparently doesn't use a condom. That's one conclusion from a scientific study of teenagers who made pledges to abstain from sexual intercourse before marriage. Researchers announced the study's results March…
Bill before Congress would fund restoration of Catholic missions
WASHINGTON (ABP) — For a change, the Bush administration isn't supporting a bill that would provide federal financial assistance to churches. An official from Bush's National Park Service testified March 9 against a bill that would provide $10 million in…
Commission hails rights protections, warns of risks in Iraqi constitution
By WASHINGTON (ABP) — Iraq has a new interim constitution that offers high levels of protection for religious freedom — but one of its provisions still gives pause to some human-rights watchdogs. After a delay due to last-minute objections by…
White East Texas Baptist pastor seeks to heal town’s racial wounds
KIRBYVILLE, Texas (ABP) — Some people see the world in black and white. Charles Burchett, pastor of First Baptist Church in Kirbyville, Texas, aims to end that. The soft-spoken-but-frank minister has become the voice for racial unity in a town…
Fundamentalism & militancy: In world torn by religious history, stereotypes, is peace possible?
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Is it possible in today's world for religions to live at peace? It is if they are true to their natures, according to world-religions expert Charles Kimball. “Peace is a central feature of all of the…
NCAA places Gardner-Webb University on 3-year probation for athletic infractions
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (ABP) — The NCAA placed Gardner-Webb University on probation for three years for multiple violations, including a lack of institutional control. The penalty, announced March 4, was imposed for violations concerning athletic recruiting, academic eligibility, extra benefits,…
Texas Baptists end marketing pact with Lifeway, SBC’s publisher
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas will end its exclusive marketing agreement with the Southern Baptist Convention's publishing house, an agreement that for years has given SBC materials a priority position among the state's 5,600 churches. The…
Texas Baptists end marketing pact with Lifeway, SBC’s publisher
DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas will end its exclusive marketing agreement with the Southern Baptist Convention's publishing house, an agreement that for years has given SBC materials a priority position among the state's 5,600 churches. The…