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Progressive Baptist women wary of Clinton’s candidacy

NEW YORK (ABP) — Many Christian conservatives have put her in the “anyone but” category — they'll vote for anyone but Hillary Clinton. However, progressive Christians, who some think should be the senator's natural allies, aren't jumping on her bandwagon…

Southern Baptist leaders retract blog endorsements

NEW YORK (ABP) — Several well-known Southern Baptist leaders have rescinded their previous endorsements of a controversial blog that provides news and opinion related to the Southern Baptist Convention. Jerry Rankin, David Dockery, Thom Rainer and Frank Page all initially…

Pastors collaborate on new SBC blog

NEW YORK (ABP) — Four conservative pastors have joined the increasingly wild and wooly frontier of blogs discussing the state of the Southern Baptist Convention. Robin Foster, Wes Kenney, Tim Rogers, and Joe Stewart have announced the launch of a…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for September 20, 2007

STAFF CHANGES • Stephen J. Crane, to Poplar Springs Church, Richmond, as senior pastor. • Michael Sampson, to Cowans Branch Church, Gate City, as pastor. He had been serving as interim pastor. • Mark Holland, to Bethlehem Church, Penick Road,…

Divided Maryland high court rules against gay marriage

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (ABP) — Maryland's highest court has delivered the latest blow to supporters of same-sex marriage rights, narrowly ruling that the Maryland Constitution does not confer upon gays the right to marry each other. A sharply divided Maryland Court…

Hearing the Call: Clarification an important task at Baptist schools

ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Sometimes a Christian may report receiving a crystal-clear call from God to join the ministry. But more often than not, he or she may feel like there's some static on the line. That's the conclusion of…

Hearing the Call: Church approves 82-year-old for ‘gospel ministry’

HALLSVILLE, Texas (ABP) — A Baptist church in rural Texas recently licensed one of its own to preach the gospel — 82-year-old Buck Lineberger. The ceremony at First Baptist Church in Hallsville, Texas, came 65 years after Lineberger initially felt…

Hearing the Call: Ministers hear call to service from different voices

SEDALIA, Mo. (ABP) — Veteran ministers may have little in common when it comes to locale and style, but many agree on at least one thing: God uses a variety of ways to call people to Christian service, they say….

ABP fills two positions, affirms strategic alliance

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The Associated Baptist Press board of directors hired an interim development director and filled the position of news editor at their semi-annual meeting Sept. 16-18. Meeting in Richmond, Va., directors of the independent news service based…

Dobson, in message to colleagues, discourages support of Thompson

WASHINGTON (ABP) — One of the most powerful leaders in conservative evangelical Christianity has reportedly discouraged his colleagues from supporting Fred Thompson as a presidential candidate. James Dobson, according to a Sept. 19 Associated Press report, sent a private e-mail…

McCain’s claim of Baptist identity raises reporter, blogger queries

WASHINGTON (ABP) — GOP presidential candidate John McCain is raising questions about his religious affiliation with a comment he made Sept. 16 at a campaign stop in heavily Baptist South Carolina. The Arizona senator, according to the Associated Press, answered…

Southern Baptist pastor in California charged with sexually abusing two girls

FRESNO, Calif. (ABP) — Another Southern Baptist pastor has been charged with child molestation. Police arrested John Bonine, pastor of Sierra Heights Baptist Church in Fresno, Calif., at his home Aug. 10. The 43-year-old father of eight is accused of…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church