ATLANTA (ABP) — Social activists Marian Wright Edelman and Tony Campolo will join former President Jimmy Carter and seven other speakers on the program of the New Baptist Covenant II, a Nov. 17-19 gathering of diverse Baptists in Atlanta that…
Mercer University grants domestic-partner benefits to gays
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — As one university affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention captured headlines with a new policy that effectively bans gay employees, another historically Georgia Baptist school announced adoption of a domestic-partner benefit policy providing access to health…
New Baptist Covenant II speakers include prominent Virginia evangelist
A suburban Washington-based church planter and evangelist who serves as president of a prominent African-American Baptist denomination will be among the speakers at the New Baptist Covenant II, it was announced Nov. 2. Carroll Baltimore of Gainesville, Va., president of…
Pastor apologizes for Halloween tract
HILLSBORO, Ohio (ABP) – A Southern Baptist pastor in Ohio apologized for giving trick-or-treaters a religious tract that contained a cartoon depiction of a child hanging in a noose. Kenny Cousar, pastor of Northview Baptist Church in Hillsboro, Ohio, issued…
New Mexico Baptists affirm Glorieta
FARMINGTON, N.M. (ABP) – New Mexico Baptists overwhelmingly passed a resolution urging the Southern Baptist Convention and LifeWay Christian Resources to ensure that Glorieta Conference Center continues its ministry to Southern Baptists “well into the future or until Jesus returns.”…
N.C. county petitions U.S. Supreme Court to hear prayer case
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina county is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that prayers offered in Jesus’ name at meetings of the county’s board of commissioners are a constitutionally impermissible endorsement of…
Baptist school expels transgender student
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (ABP) – California Baptist University expelled a transgender student who listed her gender as female on her application form and appeared on an MTV reality show saying she is biologically male. Domaine Javier, in a video still from…
Evangelist charged with video voyeurism
OSNELL, Ark. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist evangelist, and former camp pastor at LifeWay Christian Resources’ FUGE summer youth events, has been charged with video voyeurism in a home where he was staying as a house guest while preaching a…
N.C. county petitions U.S. Supreme Court to hear prayer case
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina county is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court’s ruling that prayers offered in Jesus’ name at meetings of the county’s board of commissioners are a constitutionally impermissible endorsement of religion….
Baptist-produced immigration film to be screened at Richmond, Va., theater
RICHMOND, Va. — “Gospel Without Borders,” a documentary film produced by the Baptist Center for Ethics which explores Christian responses to immigration, will be screened Nov. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Va. The event is sponsored…
Wake’s divinity school marks KJV anniversary with exhibit, choral service
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Whether or not you use the King James translation of the Bible for your devotional reading, preaching or comparative study, there is no denying the impact that early English translation Bible has had in the Christian universe…
VIEWPOINT: Celebrating the Reformation?
Some people regard the 16th-century Reformation as one of the great irruptions in history that had deleterious consequences for the visible unity of the church and wonder whether it should be celebrated. They argue that those who shared in the…