The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — Behind closed doors and by a reportedly divided vote, trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board elected Kentucky pastor Kevin Ezell president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board after a…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — The Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has tapped a pastor and former campus minister as its new state coordinator. Ronnie and Janet Brewer Ronnie Brewer, senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Madison, Ala., was elected unanimously…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A seminary president who served on a committee that 10 years ago revised the Southern Baptist Convention's confessional document to declare that only men should be pastors told students Sept. 14 that he was embarrassed by…

OAKLAND, Calif. (ABP) — Four American Baptist mission volunteers were released Sept. 13 on $200 worth of bond after spending three nights in jail on suspicion of dispensing AIDS medication without a license in Zimbabwe. The health workers — a…

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — Trustees elected Kentucky pastor Kevin Ezell president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board after a four-hour called meeting Sept. 14. Ezell, pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., was a controversial choice,…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University will inaugurate Kenneth Starr as its 14th president Sept. 17. As Starr officially takes the helm of the world's largest Baptist institution of higher learning, the school faces a host of opportunities and challenges….

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A historic Fort Worth church has cut off its 125-year-old relationship with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, saying it doesn't want to be distracted by questions concerning the congregation's position on homosexuality. Broadway Baptist…

NEW YORK (ABP) – As the leader of an effort to build an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan expressed his dismay Sept. 13 at the rising tide of anti-Islam rhetoric across the country, the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The Kentucky pastor nominated to become president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board says the search committee viewed his congregation's emphasis on direct funding of missions — as opposed to funding through denominational…