KUMASI, Ghana (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has signed a partnership agreement to do ministry with the All Africa Baptist Fellowship, an umbrella organization of Baptists in Sub-Saharan Africa. The three-year, renewable agreement will deploy CBF resources and volunteers…
For children, God needs to be close at hand, educators say
DALLAS (ABP) — Children can begin to understand God if parents and churches will help them, according to ministry leaders. Children and preschoolers struggle to comprehend many abstract aspects of God — God's ability to know all, do all and…
Israeli musicians share faith, music with U.S. churches
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — When Esther and Yaacov Horesh describe their faith in Christ, it's a rich blend of their strong Jewish roots and the influence of Baptist missionaries to Israel. “Jesus was Jewish and the first believers were Jewish,”…
CORRECTION
CORRECTION: In the Feb. 24 ABP story, “BWA membership committee shares blame for SBC pull-out, says one member,” the seventh graph, reads: “That's the first I've heard of it,” said [Denton] Lotz to the charge that the membership committee's recommendation…
Senate hearings on amendment prompt rally by gay-rights groups
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Just hours after a Senate hearing on an amendment to outlaw gay marriage nationwide, thousands of same-sex couples and other gay-rights supporters rallied in downtown Washington in response. The Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution held…
Regents’ study of Baylor controversy offers suggestions for healing rifts
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University's board of regents has urged President Robert Sloan to take aggressive steps to heal the fragmented academic community. They also have called for the sale of a controversial jet airplane and significant changes in…
Baylor punishes basketball program again after internal study finds more violations
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University assessed additional penalties on its men's basketball program Feb. 26, citing an internal review that uncovered widespread violations in recruiting, finances and drug testing. The Baylor basketball scandal broke last summer, after player Patrick…
California Supreme Court decision OKs regulation of Catholic group
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Catholic social-service agency must provide contraceptives as part of its prescription-drug benefit for employees — raising alarms among some religious-liberty watchers. By a 6-1 vote, the court ruled that…
Many medical chaplains feel like pastors too
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — If military and prison chaplains serve in “pastoral roles,” then so do chaplains in hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. So say a number of medical chaplains and the professional organizations that oversee their work. There…