When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

GASTONIA, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina couple made their first court appearance Aug. 12 on charges that they embezzled more than $360,000 from their Baptist church. Alan Roland Linda Roland According to media reports, Alan Roland, 55, was treasurer…

HOUSTON (ABP) — It takes blood, sweat and tears to put gasoline in the cars Americans drive. It’s the blood and tears that concern new oil-patch chaplains in Texas. In spite of safety procedures, workplace accidents happen in oil fields,…

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (ABP) — A former Virginia Baptist youth minister has been arrested on charges that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl in his church. Jason Bolton (courtesy Prince William Co. Police) Police in Northern Virginia’s…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABP) — The former financial administrator of a Virginia Baptist congregation has been arrested on charges that she embezzled nearly $300,000 in church funds over the course of more than six years. Michele Roberts Police say Michele…

FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) — A British Baptist minister is being held in a Virginia jail on charges of child molestation. Robert Dando, senior minister of Worcester Park Baptist Church in suburban London, was arrested July 24 in Oakton, Va. Robert Dando He…