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HOUSTON (ABP) — Baptists should relate to Muslims on the basis of compassion and friendship, not fear or indifference, say two ministers who are engaged in interfaith dialogue with Islamic leaders. Jesus’ attitude of compassion “is our model for approaching…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Following a year of financial hardship, the moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship urged the group's General Assembly July 2 to celebrate the movement's success and potential for the future. Jack Glasgow, pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Following a year of financial hardship, the moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship urged the group's General Assembly July 2 to celebrate the movement's success and potential for the future. Jack Glasgow, pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church…

Participants at South Main Baptist Church in Houston for the CBF field personnel commissioning service July 1. (CBF photo) HOUSTON (ABP) — Participants at a July 1 commissioning service in Houston, held in conjunction with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General…

HOUSTON—Participants at a commissioning service held in conjunction with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly not only prayed for six field personnel who are assuming new assignments, but also recognized representatives of a ministry network serving in China. Pastor Steve…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Eight months into the fiscal year, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s revenues were 20 percent below budget, the group’s Coordinating Council learned July 1. But — thanks to a plan in place since March to reduce spending to…

PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) — While celebrating the denomination’s broad ethnic, regional and language diversity at their biennial meeting June 26-28, members of the American Baptist Churches USA also exhibited their ideological diversity. ABCUSA General Secretary Roy Medley speaks to delegates…

NEW YORK (ABP) — A Baptist minister and former Wake Forest Divinity School professor has resigned just nine months after becoming senior pastor of New York’s Riverside Church , a historic congregation identified with the 20th-century Social Gospel movement that…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A Kentucky Baptist university has, at the last minute, withdrawn its invitation to host a youth mission team from Texas after the Southern Baptist Convention disfellowshipped their church for its toleration of homosexuals. Brent Beasley,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist church in Tennessee canceled Sunday and Wednesday services after cutting short a camp because children were getting sick with flu-like symptoms. Long Hollow Baptist Church, a 5,000-member church that meets in three campuses…