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Update: Currie resigns as Texas Baptists Committed leader

SAN ANGELO, Texas (ABP) — Texas Baptists Committed, formed as a political organization two decades ago to resist a “fundamentalist takeover” of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has accepted the resignation of its executive director, David Currie. Currie, a…

North Carolina pastor’s death believed to be self-inflicted

HICKORY, N.C. (ABP) — Baptists in North Carolina reacted with shock to the apparent suicide of a well-liked pastor active in denominational life Sept. 27. Sandy Ridge Baptist Church leaders said Pastor David Treadway, a member of the Baptist State…

Broad coalition of Baptists helps build N.C. immigrant family home

Nicolae Buzulan, right, works with Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity volunteers for a wall-raising in January. Buzulan, his wife, and four children closed on the house in July after 10 Baptist churches provided the other volunteer labor on the home….

Baptist disaster-relief groups assessing response to Georgia floods

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Baptist General Association of Virginia and other Baptist groups are gearing up to respond to catastrophic flooding that has afflicted the Atlanta area and other parts of…

Pakistani pastor asks world’s Baptists for prayer support

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A pastor in Pakistan has asked his fellow Baptists around the world to pray for the nation’s beleaguered Christian community as it faces increasing pressure from the Muslim majority. In an e-mail to the Baptist…

Of slugs and sermon illustrations

By Amy Butler I seem to be always scouting around for theological metaphors — you know, fast-and-ready ways to talk about that mystery we like to call God. I do not consider this tendency of mine an exceptionally unusual talent….

Virginia Baptist relief for flood victims on hold as assessments continue

RICHMOND, Va. — Plans to send Virginia Baptist disaster relief teams to Georgia in the wake of devastating floods have been put on hold while assessment of needs continues, a leader in the effort said Sept. 28. Terry Raines, disaster…

Intersection of literature and theology is focus of lecture series

RICHMOND, Va. — A university professor who has spent his academic career exploring relationships between Western literature and Christian theology will be the guest speaker at an annual lecture series hosted by Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Ralph C. Wood,…

Broad coalition of Baptists builds immigrant family home in N.C.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — Thanks to teams from a broad array of local Baptist churches, a needy Moldovan family in Asheville, N.C. is living in their new “dream house.” A coalition of teams from congregations belonging to the local Buncombe…

Pakistani asks world’s Baptists for prayer support as pressure increases

HopeTree’s on-campus school has new name and facilities

Cutting the dedication ribbon are (from left) Stephen Richerson, president and executive director of HopeTree Family Services; Thor, a resident; George Fletcher, chair of HopeTree's board of trustees; Shaleigh, a resident; and Tommy Barber, education director of HopeTree Academy. (Photos…

Depression cited in North Carolina pastor’s self-inflicted death

HICKORY, N.C. (ABP) — Baptists in North Carolina reacted with shock to the apparent suicide Sept. 27 of a well-liked pastor active in denominational life. Sandy Ridge Baptist Church leaders said Pastor David Treadway, a member of the Baptist State…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war