DALLAS—The Mary E. Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village in East Dallas will close effective Dec. 1 due to regulatory requirements for campus improvements that cannot be met, Buckner Retirement Services officials announced Oct. 12. The closure will affect 51…
Baptist groups denounce transgender attacks
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Three Baptist groups released a joint statement Oct. 11 calling for action to stop a series of shootings and violent attacks targeting transgender victims in Washington, D.C. Leaders of the Alliance of Baptists, the Association of Welcoming…
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Woman admits to embezzling funds from Baptist nursing school
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) – A Missouri woman pleaded guilty in federal court Oct. 11 to embezzling more than $717,000 from a nursing school operated jointly by a Baptist university and a Catholic hospital. Amy Phillips, 39, waivcd her right to…
Baptist camp director charged with online solicitation of a minor
MINDEN, La. (ABP) — A Louisiana Baptist camp director was arrested Oct. 7 for allegedly soliciting sexual favors and sending inappropriate photos of himself to a minor online. Michael P. Latham, 45, faces charges of indecent behavior with a juvenile…
Faith motivates young Christians working in Washington
ATLANTA (ABP) — There was no heated rhetoric, and only a few talking points, when two savvy 30-something Christians — a Democrat and a Republican — came to Mercer University to speak about their faith and their work inside the…
Virginia Baptists to consider renewed ties with Averett University
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists will consider in November a proposal to renew ties to Averett University, a 152-year-old school in Danville, Va., whose relationship with the state’s Baptists was severed in 2005 in a dispute over homosexuality. The…
Civil War changed Americans’ view of Providence, historian says
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Americans in 1860s viewed the Civil War through the lens of God at work in human affairs — a lens left shattered by that bloody conflict, according to historian George Rable. Rable, the Charles Summersell Chair…
How to conduct a basic church security survey
(ABP) — Walk around your church. Stand at each entryway and look closely in every direction. Think like a thief or a criminal. Are you surrounded by suburbs, or is your church now located within a business community? No matter…
Churches advised to begin by assessing risks
UNIVERSITY, Miss. (ABP) –Concerned about developing a church security plan? Security expert Chester Quarles suggests starting with a risk assessment. "Risk assessment is usually historical. We need to know what has gone before," said Quarles, professor emeritus of criminal justice…
Safe and secure from all alarm
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — By definition, a "sanctuary" should be a place of refuge and protection where people feel welcome and feel safe. In practice, churches struggle with what it means to open their doors to everyone while providing a…
Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights pioneer, dies at 89
Fred Shuttlesworth BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Fred Shuttlesworth, the last of the “Big Three” of the civil rights movement with Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King Jr., died Oct. 5. He was 89. Among the general public Shuttlesworth was the…