LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The Kentucky Baptist Convention plans to reorganize its staff, taking the first major step toward implementing a new mission plan. The proposed reorganization will eliminate two filled positions, reassign two employees and take advantage of five…
Festival celebrates 10 years of connecting faith, film
LOS ANGELES (ABP) — In a place known for its glitz and greed, the City of the Angels Film Festival is all about inspiration and redemption. An annual event that brings filmmakers, theologians and film fans together to explore what…
Study finds grandparents play prominent role in care-giving
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (ABP) — Nearly 6 million grandparents live in the same household with their grandchildren in the United States, and 40 percent of those grandparents are the primary care-givers for their grandchildren. One third of grandparent care-givers live in…
Darrel Baergen, Baptist professor, playwright, dies of cancer
ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Baptist professor, playwright, director and producer Darrel Baergen died Oct. 23 in Abilene after a long battle with cancer. He was 68. Baergen committed most of his career to teaching speech and drama in three Baptist…
Kerry appearances in churches prompt criticism from left, right
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's increasingly prominent habit of using politically sympathetic churches as a platform for campaign speeches is drawing criticism — though for differing reasons — from groups on both the ideological right and the…
Corrections:
In the ABP story “Truett Seminary prof dies after battle with cancer” released July 20, the date of Chip Conyer's death should read July 18 instead of July 20. Also in the ABP story “Watchdog group files complaint against Arkansas…
300 candles brightly shining
On July 27, 1707, representatives of five churches formed the Philadelphia Baptist Association. It was the first Baptist association in the United States. Earlier, there were “yearly meetings” and occasional gatherings among the scattered churches; but in 1707 the urge…
OUT LOUD
“I can’t think of a religious group he didn’t offend. He even did a cartoon that upset the Episcopalians, and you know how hard it is to upset Episcopalians. John Shelton Reed The longtime friend of Baptist cartoonist Doug Marlette,…
Churches hesitant to sue NFL
CHARLOTTESVILLE (BP) — John Whitehead is aching to take the National Football League to court but can't find a church willing to take on the influential pro football colossus. “You go to any bar on Super Bowl Sunday and they'll…