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Moderate Baptist leader Cecil Sherman dies

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Cecil Sherman, 82, one of the most visible moderate leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention controversy of the 1980s and first coordinator of the breakaway Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, died April 17 from complications of a heart…

Moderate Baptist leader Cecil Sherman dies from complications of heart attack

Cecil Sherman dies of complications following massive heart attack

ATLANTA — Cecil Sherman, longtime moderate Baptist leader and a key figure in the development of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, died from complications of a heart attack April 17 in Richmond, Va. Sherman, the first coordinator of the CBF, suffered…

Cecil Sherman dies after massive heart attack

Judge rules National Day of Prayer unconstitutional

MADISON, Wis. (ABP) — A federal judge has found a National Day of Prayer mandated by Congress unconstitutional, saying it violates the separation of church and state. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb of the Western District of Wisconsin ruled April…

Founding CBF Coordinator Cecil Sherman suffers massive heart attack

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Cecil Sherman, former Cooperative Baptist Fellowship national coordinator, suffered a massive heart attack April 15, and is currently in critical condition in Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Va. Sherman's daughter, Eugenia Sherman Brown, described…

Benjamin Hooks, civil-rights icon and Baptist minister, dead at 85

Benjamin Hooks MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Civil-rights icon and Baptist minister Benjamin Hooks died April 15 in Memphis, Tenn. He was 85. The former executive director of the NAACP was pastor of Greater Middle Baptist Church in Memphis for…

Apollo 13 and the gospel

By David Wilkinson April 17 marks the 40th anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 13. It was a happy ending to a nearly disastrous and tragic mission. It was also a tribute to the bravery of the three-member crew and…

Spring marks the opening of the ‘Church of Baseball’

ANAHEIM, Calif. (RNS) — Megachurch pastor Rick Warren stood on the mound at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., and delivered his Easter Sunday pitch. “Baseball is a game of numbers in which every player falls short of perfection,” said Warren,…

OPINION: Apollo 13 and the Gospel

April 17 marks the 40th anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 13. It was a happy ending to a nearly disastrous and tragic mission. It was also a tribute to the bravery of the three-member crew and the ingenuity and…

Survey finds Africa is most religious part of world

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth — between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa. Religion is “very important” to more than three-quarters of the population in…

National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, judge rules

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A federal district judge in Wisconsin has ruled that the 1988 law creating the annual observance of the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. “It goes beyond mere ‘acknowledgement’ of religion because its sole purpose is to…

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