When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — The senior pastor of North Carolina's largest Southern Baptist church announced Nov. 21 he is retiring after 26 years. Joe Brown Joe Brown, 62, told members of Hickory Grove Baptist Church by video that he is…

Randel Everett DALLAS (ABP) — Randel Everett, who has served as executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas for three years, has announced he will preach Dec. 5 at First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, "in view of…

BALTIMORE (ABP) — A Maryland county will pay a Baptist church $3.25 million and allow construction of a Christian school that government officials have opposed for eight years under terms of a settlement reached Nov. 18 in federal court. An…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Directors of Arkansas Baptists’ newspaper have elected a Southern Baptist North American Mission Board official as the publication’s new editor. Tim Yarbrough The board of the Arkansas Baptist News, meeting Nov. 18 at the Baptist…

KELLER, Texas (ABP) — Theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (ABP) — A local government in Myanmar ordered a Baptist church to cease worship services after the pastor refused to wear an election campaign T-shirt supporting the country's ruling military junta, Compass Direct News reported Nov. 18….

OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — Doug Baker, the editor of Oklahoma Baptists' news journal, has resigned after slightly more than 15 months on the job. Doug Baker Ron Fannin, senior associate executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, said…