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Rising gas costs fuel creativity as churches help offset prices

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — At St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, the 14,000-member congregation billed itself as a “seven-day-a-week” hub of activity, with choir practices, ministry meetings or small groups scheduled every night. But Pastor Kevin Cosby noticed a drop-off….

Maybe Indiana Jones should have looked in Ethiopia

AXUM, Ethiopia (RNS) — The fabled Ark of the Covenant has become not only an icon of modern culture, thanks mainly to Indiana Jones, but also the most revered religious relic of all time. In Ethiopia, people believe it rests…

FAITH DIGEST

Philanthropist Templeton dies at 95. John Templeton, American-born investor and philanthropist who devoted his later life to funding the scientific study of religion, died July 8 at a hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, at 95. Templeton founded a prize for “progress…

High Hills woman completes 50th consecutive year at Eagle Eyrie

For 50 consecutive years, Dorothy Hall has made a mid-summer trek up the mountain to spend a week at Eagle Eyrie. She first came in 1959 to attend Training Union week. “My mother-in-law, Grandma Hall, came to cook for Mr….

BTSR to inaugurate Crawford as president

The inauguration of Ronald W. Crawford as president of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at First Baptist Church, Richmond, and will be followed by a reception. The event is open…

SW Center to offer classes this fall

In partnership with the John Leland Center for Theological Studies, the Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network will offer college-credit Bible classes in fall 2008. These classes are ideal for ministers, those considering a call to ministry, church leaders or those…

Obama, McCain’s first joint appearance set for Saddleback

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP) — Barack Obama and John McCain will make their first joint 2008 campaign appearance to an audience of Christian activists at a Southern Baptist church. The two have agreed to participate in a "compassion forum" at…

New ABP website uses collaboration to offer more resources, interaction

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) –The newly redesigned Associated Baptist Press website (www.baptistnews.com) offers expanded resources and reader interaction, but the real change is the way ABP and its three Baptist media partners are collaborating to produce the site, according to Executive…

Groups ask federal appeals court to halt Kentucky’s funding of Baptist agency

CINCINNATI (ABP) — Two civil-liberties groups are asking a federal appeals court to stop state funding for a Kentucky Baptist agency, saying the agency uses the money to promote its religious beliefs to the detriment of employees and children. On…

Early retirement likely for embattled Nashville pastor

NASHVILLE (ABP) — Prominent Southern Baptist pastor Jerry Sutton likely will retire early from Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, following a year-long period of turmoil within his congregation. In an e-mail to church members, John Levesque, chair of Two…

Correction

There was an error in the 22nd paragraph of the July 6 ABP story, "Jesus in MySpace: Churches use social-networking sites." The founder of MyChurch.org mentioned is named Joe Suh, not Jon Suh. Please change it to read: "It is…

Lilly provides $1M grant for CBF ‘ecosystem’ initiative

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will create a leadership “ecosystem” during the next three years with a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment. The ecosystem, as the grant describes it, will focus on two initiatives. One…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

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