DIDCOT, England (ABP) – The Baptist Times, an award-winning newspaper published weekly for British Baptists for 156 years, will cease both print and digital editions at the end of the year. Bill Johnston, chairman of the Baptist Times board of…
Environmentalists celebrate pipeline delay
Organizers of the White House action constructed a mammoth model of a pipeline out of plastic sheeting and kept it inflated with a 12 volt battery-powered fan that they pulled along in a toy wagon. (Photo by Greg Yost) WASHINGTON…
Gay-rights group accuses Baptists of hypocrisy
HUDSON, N.C. (ABP) – A gay advocacy group has accused the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina of using a double standard when it comes to homosexuality. The 4,000-church convention by policy excludes congregations that “knowingly act to affirm, approve,…
British Baptist newspaper to cease publication after 156 years
DIDCOT, England (ABP) — The Baptist Times, an award-winning newspaper published weekly for British Baptists for 156 years, will cease both print and digital editions at the end of the year. Bill Johnston, chairman of the Baptist Times board of…
NC Briefs
CBFNC distributing immigration documentary. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina is distributing free to all its affiliated churches DVDs of a documentary film on immigration issues. “Gospel Without Borders,” produced last August by the Baptist Center for Ethics, explores…
Since his death, Steve Jobs’ private spirituality now an open book
WASHINGTON (RNS) — He considered moving to a Zen monastery before shifting his sights to Silicon Valley, where he became a brash businessman. He preached about the dangers of desire but urged consumers to covet every new iPhone incarnation. “He…
At America’s religious campuses, atheist groups operate underground
DAYTON, Ohio (RNS) — Late one night over pizza, University of Dayton students Branden King and Nick Haynes discovered neither of them believed in God. Surely, they thought, they couldn’t be the only unbelievers at the Roman Catholic college. Last…
On religious campuses, atheists operate underground
DAYTON, Ohio (RNS) — Late one night over pizza, University of Dayton students Branden King and Nick Haynes discovered neither of them believed in God. Surely, they thought, they couldn’t be the only unbelievers at the Roman Catholic college. Last…
Apple guru’s spirituality an open book
WASHINGTON (RNS) — He considered moving to a Zen monastery before shifting his sights to Silicon Valley, where he became a brash businessman. He preached about the dangers of desire but urged consumers to covet every new iPhone incarnation. “He…
Pastor writes Bible study for Harry Potter movies
HUSTONVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – With the Nov. 11 release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the eighth and final film in the long-running series based on books by J.K. Rowling on DVD and Blu-ray, a Southern Baptist…
National Baptists, NAACP co-sponsor empowerment conference
ST. LOUIS (ABP) – The NAACP and National Baptist Convention are gathering together Nov. 10-12 in St. Louis to co-sponsor a conference on “Faith, Family and Community Empowerment.” Speakers include NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous, who was scheduled to give…
Baptists, Orthodox consider formal dialogue
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – Teams from the Baptist World Alliance and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople held exploratory talks Oct. 30-Nov. 2 that could lead to formal dialogue between Baptist and Orthodox Christians internationally. BWA General Secretary Neville Callam,…