By Bob Allen Online religion may be good for your soul but dangerous for your computer, according to a new report. A report by Symantec, a company that sells computer-security software, rates websites devoted to religion or other ideologies the ones most…
Fire destroys Burmese Bible school
By Bob Allen Fire destroyed a Bible school and other buildings at a Baptist-run refugee camp on the Thailand/Myanmar border April 28. The Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and College was founded in the Mae Le refugee camp by Saw…
Slavery continues in U.S. in 21st century
By Marv Knox Although the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, predators still buy and sell other human beings across America, a social work professor and a police detective told a gathering of Texas Baptists. Kim Kotrla, assistant professor in…
Coordinating Council ratifies 2012 Task Force report
By Lance Wallace The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council approved the 2012 Task Force report May 1, sending it to the General Assembly in June for a vote. A quorum of the council met in Atlanta, on the phone and…
Women find a friend in the Apostle Paul, Truett professor says
By Ken Camp Contrary to popular opinion, women not only have a friend in Jesus, but also in the Apostle Paul, seminary professor Todd Still told a recent conference sponsored by Christians for Biblical Equality. The William H. Hinson Professor…
Scholar: Christians, Muslims believe in — but don’t worship — same God
ABP presents posthumous Founders Award to longtime board member
By Bob Allen Directors and friends of Associated Baptist Press gathered April 30 at First Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., to honor what one speaker called “the legacy of a generous man.” ABP directors presented posthumously the Founders Award —…
Ethnic labels a hindrance to unity in Christ
Ethnic labels and segregation at the Lord’s Supper table thwart Christian unity, a Baptist international leader told participants at a Christian ethics lecture series in the United States. Neville Callam, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, delivered the 12th…
SBC leader issues apologies for comments
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)—After initially defending comments accusing black leaders of politicizing the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, the head of Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued back-to-back apologies regarding statements he made on his radio program. Richard…
Veteran minister reflects on black church life
BELTON, Texas—After more than five decades of ministry, George Harrison understands what African-American Christians have gained and lost in the last half-century. Harrison, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church-NBC in Waco, Texas, and a veteran church musician, vividly remembers life…
Racial tensions simmer beneath surface in America
A neighborhood watchman in Florida shoots and kills a hoodie-wearing African-American teenager. Two white suspects in Tulsa, Okla., confess to the Easter weekend shooting of five people in a predominantly black neighborhood. Periodically, racial tensions that have simmered beneath the…
Conservatives go after ‘NASCAR Christian’ vote
RICHMOND, Va. (RNS)—Back in John Kerry’s ill-fated 2004 presidential campaign, Democrats tried to attract so-called “NASCAR Dads”—white, working-class, mainly Southern fellows—to try to blunt George W. Bush’s re-election and show folks that Kerry was not a wealthy patrician who only…