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Texas church, mired in controversy over gays in directory, loses pastor

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Brett Younger, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, survived a vote to fire him last month but is leaving the church anyway — to become associate professor of preaching at Mercer University's…

N.C. college receives donation of 1686 Luther Bible translation

MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — Across the centuries, across the ocean, through bombings and world wars, a sacred bit of history has emerged from the distant past to find a home at Mars Hill College. The North Carolina Baptist school…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for May 1, 2008

STAFF CHANGES • J. R. Dockum, to Hebron Church, Aylett, as pastor. • David Waters, to Sunset Hills Church, Wytheville, as pastor. • Dennis Green, to Powhatan Community Church, Powhatan, as executive pastor. • Bob Yevak, resigning as pastor of…

Tiny New York church does outsized ministry

NEW YORK (ABP) — Matthew is one of the many stories that make up Manhattan — and little Metro Baptist Church's outsized ministry. The young musician came to New York with dreams of making it big in the industry —…

CBF partnering with churches in Spanish-speaking Caribbean

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has a new answer for an old question being asked by many CBF churches: “How do we reach Hispanics living in our community?” The new answer? “Partner with churches from Spanish-speaking countries.” “Such…

Congressional Black Caucus honors Georgetown College

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Extraordinary efforts at fostering diversity and building relationships with African-American Baptists earned Georgetown College special recognition April 30 in Washington. In a United States Capitol ceremony, officials of the Congressional Black Caucus recognized the Georgetown, Ky.-based Baptist…

Opinion: On homosexuality, whose narrative do we believe?

(ABP) — My column of a month ago related to homosexuality garnered more feedback than any opinion piece that I have ever written. The response surprised me in that it was overwhelmingly positive, with a few notable exceptions. I heard…

Jeremiah Wright culminates media blitz with feisty defense

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor — at the center of one of the biggest religious controversies in presidential-campaign history — culminated a four-day media blitz April 28 with a combination of erudition and combativeness. “This is not…

Tiptoe through the TULIP: Must the new Baptist Calvinism divide churches, denominations?

(ABP) — Can Calvinist and non-Calvinist Baptists work and worship together? It depends, some advocates of Reformed theology say, on whether Christians on both sides are willing to tiptoe through the TULIP — the acronym for five doctrinal specifics that…

Tiptoe through the TULIP: Baptist Boomer theologians show fondness for Calvinism

BROWNWOOD, Texas (ABP) — Among Baptist Baby Boomer theologians, at least half of the major authors are committed to Calvinism, an influential Baptist theologian of an earlier generation has noted. James Leo Garrett Jr., distinguished professor of theology emeritus at…

Tiptoe through the TULIP: ‘Floral’ theology delineates Calvinisim, Arminianism

(ABP) — Theologians past and present have used a “bouquet” of initials and analogies to describe Calvinist doctrine. Historically, the Reformed Synod of Dort in the Netherlands delineated the differences between Calvinism — named for the Genevan reformer John Calvin…

Baby Boomer Baptist theologians tilt toward Calvinism

BROWNWOOD, Texas — Among Baptist Baby Boomer theologians, at least half of the major authors are committed to Calvinism, an influential Baptist theologian of an earlier generation has noted. James Leo Garrett Jr., emeritus distinguished professor of theology at Southwestern…

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