WACO, Texas (ABP) – Baylor University officials say a blogosphere storm over a course listing of “Homosexuality as a Gateway Drug” was blown out of proportion. Several websites and news blogs posted screen snapshots of an online listing for a…
Sports complex opens with Pujols basketball game
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (ABP) — Missouri Baptist University opened a new sports and recreation complex Oct. 30 with a first-ever charity Albert Pujols All-Star Basketball Game. The first Albert Pujols All-Star Basketball Game, pitting Pujols' team of teens and young…
BWA leaders call African Baptists to ‘justice and deeds of mercy’
LAGOS, Nigeria — Baptists should engage in deeds of mercy and address justice issues and not merely verbally proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, two Baptist World Alliance staff members told Baptist leaders in Africa Nov. 15. BWA general Secretary…
Bluefield College celebrates Baptist heritage with speaker, hymns
BLUEFIELD, Va. — Bluefield College celebrated its history and culture with an annual Baptist Heritage Day ceremony in October, featuring a keynote address from Baptist historian Bill Leonard, founding dean of Wake Forest University Divinity School. For the 12th consecutive…
Diverse Canadian Baptists cover miles, cultures
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (ABP) — From early churches springing up on the Atlantic from the seeds of displaced American slaves to the metropolitan Pacific coast, Canadian Baptists reflect their huge, diverse nation. In the world’s second largest nation by land…
Yale professor cites similarities between Mormons, Southern Baptists
NEW YORK (ABP) – Southern Baptists who question Gov. Mitt Romney’s Christianity have more in common with Mormonism than they know, Yale literary critic and author Harold Bloom opined in a New York Times commentary Nov.12. Under an op-ed headline…
British Baptist newspaper to cease publication
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…