MINNEAPOLIS (ABP) – A group of evangelical scholars has released a statement labeling an increasingly popular teaching about gender roles a revival of an ancient heresy concerning the nature of God. Released Nov. 7, “An Evangelical Statement on the Trinity”…
Baylor professor fighting dismissal charges
WACO, Texas (ABP) – A Baylor University professor is fighting dismissal charges that supporters say are aimed at silencing a dissident voice in America’s Jewish community. Marc Ellis According to published reports, Marc Ellis, university professor of Jewish studies and…
Church leader questioned about handling of sexual abuse allegation
CLINTON, Miss. (ABP) – Questions about a Mississippi Baptist church’s handling of child sex-abuse allegations against a former minister are focusing on a church elder and politician who is nominated as the state legislature’s first Republican Speaker of the House…
Race issue rises in St. Louis Covenant dialogue
ST. LOUIS (ABP) – While society has gotten beyond much of the racism that mars American history, it still exists in ways that people don’t like to discuss, two pastors said at a session of the recent New Baptist Covenant…
Australian Baptists oppose detention of asylum seekers
SYDNEY (ABP) – Australian Baptist leaders have called on their government to make it easier for asylum seekers fleeing religious, ethnic or political persecution to gain protection as refugees. A policy on immigration and asylum seekers adopted by the Australian…
Baptist schools in Kansas, Myanmar collaborate for D.Min.
SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) – A dozen students and three faculty members from the Myanmar Institute of Theology spent two weeks in October on the campus of Central Baptist Theological Seminary for a new doctor of ministry degree collaboration between Baptist…
CBS News to focus on Burmese refugees at Kentucky church
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Media attention to this week’s groundbreaking visit to Myanmar by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will include a network news story featuring a Kentucky Baptist church that has become a spiritual home for resettled refugees in…
Founding ABP board member Ardelle Clemons dies
Ardelle Clemons SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — Ardelle Clemons, a founding board member of Associated Baptist Press, died Nov. 26 after a long illness. She was 93. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, she…
Report: Michele Bachmann no longer attending Baptist church
LAKE ELMO, Minn. (ABP) – Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, who earlier this year withdrew her membership from a Lutheran church that received media attention for anti-Catholic teachings, now is reportedly a former Baptist. A New York Times article in July…
Passport devotional series for Advent and Christmas now online
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — “Following the Star,” an Advent and Christmas devotional series, returned to Passport Inc.’s devotional website d365.org on Sunday, Nov. 27. It continues through Epiphany on Jan. 6. This series features Scripture, prayer and meditative thoughts, accompanied…
Passport’s “Following the Star†devotional series returns
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — “Following the Star,” an Advent and Christmas devotional series, will return to Passport Inc.’s devotional website d365.org on Sunday, Nov. 27, through Epiphany on Jan. 6. This series features Scripture, prayer and meditative thoughts, accompanied by gentle…
Religious groups spend nearly $400 million on advocacy in Washington
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The number of religious advocacy groups in the nation’s capital has more than tripled since the 1970s, with conservative groups seeing the biggest growth, according to a new report. Together, faith-based lobbying and advocacy groups spend $390…