CLINTON, Miss. (ABP) – A Baptist church in Mississippi says an internal investigation into a former staff member who confessed to “sexual indiscretions” with younger males two decades ago is confidential and cannot be turned over to a grand jury….
Conference to nurture ‘new kind of Christianity’
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is among sponsors of a four-day meeting next May to discuss ways to train up children and youth in a “new kind of Christianity.” Scheduled May 7-10, 2012, at Calvary Baptist Church in…
Debate over Adam and Eve continues
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Recent comments by a Southern Baptist seminary president that belief in a literal Adam and Eve is necessary to correctly understand Christ’s saving work continues to prompt debate. Brian McLaren Brian McLaren, author of A New…
Baptist adopts 30-days-on-$30 fast
LONDON (ABP) — Bland, boring food tastes like a gourmet treat to a person subsisting on $1 a day, Nathan Adair discovered. “When you are really hungry, one raisin is like eating an ice cream sundae. Twenty-five-cent canned vegetable soup…
Evangelical up-and-comer
WENHAM, Mass. (RNS) — For the past decade, sociologist D. Michael Lindsay has been living the very phenomenon he’s studied in depth: evangelicals climbing the ranks of secular institutions and becoming American elites. Yet in a surprise move, this 39-year-old…
Americans flunk question on quote: Captain America or Bible?
(RNS) — Pop quiz: Who said “We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don't know what to do, we never give up”? According to a recent poll, more Americans attributed the passage to comic book hero…
At 39, Gordon president leads evangelical up-and-comers
WENHAM, Mass. (RNS) — For the past decade, sociologist D. Michael Lindsay has been living the very phenomenon he’s studied in depth: evangelicals climbing the ranks of secular institutions and becoming American elites. Yet in a surprise move, this 39-year-old…
Richmond churches offer showers, laundry to neighbors still in dark
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Two churches in the Richmond, Va., area are offering showers, laundry facilities and ice to thousands in the city still without electricity in the wake of Hurricane Irene. First Baptist Church of Richmond and Bon Air…
Peacemaker crosses globe to share non-violent approach to conflict
DETROIT (ABP) — Much of the global unrest that keeps political cauldrons boiling across the world emanates from a religious center, so Baptist peacemaker Dan Buttry taps the peace traditions of various faiths to bring factions to non-violent resolution. Global…
Holbrook joins Academy of Preachers leadership
Wyndee Holbrook LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Wyndee Holbrook, a veteran campus minister in Kentucky, has joined the staff of the Academy of Preachers, an organization formed in 2009 to identify, network and inspire young preachers from multiple denominations. “This is…
Richmond churches offer showers, laundry to neighbors still in dark
RICHMOND, Va. — Two churches in the Richmond, Va., area are offering showers, laundry facilities and ice to thousands in the city still without electricity in the wake of Hurricane Irene. First Baptist Church of Richmond and Bon Air Baptist…
Religious leaders laud Martin Luther King in Washington memorial service
WASHINGTON (RNS) — An earthquake and a hurricane interrupted plans to honor Martin Luther King Jr. in the nation's capital, but religious leaders and civil rights veterans said King's legacy is unshakable. The Aug. 27 interfaith service was the last…