At this VBS, a skit simulates a violent execution

In the Feb. 1 story “IMB trustee investigation rejects allegations of board impropriety,” the name of IMB President Jerry Rankin was misspelled. Please replace the story's 12th graph with the following:   One policy bans the appointment of new missionaries…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush and a prominent biologist called the United States and the world to prayer during the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1. “You know, it's an amazing country, isn't it, when people from all walks of life…

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a partnership of moderate Baptist churches and organizations, added a new, five-state regional body to its group of constituents. The new consortium includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. At the…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — United States Senate Chaplain Barry Black has canceled a scheduled appearance at a conference featuring prominent Religious Right activists — and will be replaced by the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics guru. Black informed organizers of the “Reclaiming…

EUSTIS, Fla. (ABP) — Tornadoes that ripped across Central Florida in the early morning hours of Feb. 2 killed at least 19 people and destroyed housing developments, churches and businesses in four counties. A tornado that touched down at 3:30…

MIAMI (ABP) — While much has been made about NFL head coaches Tony Dungy's and Lovie Smith's skin color, they've got a stronger bond than being the first African-American head coaches to lead their teams to the Super Bowl. The…

ONTARIO, Calif. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, following an internal investigation, has rejected a trustee's accusations of impropriety and unauthorized tightening of doctrinal parameters. The board reportedly approved a report, based on its own executive committee's…

MCALESTER, Okla. (ABP) — Jack Macy calls them “angels.” And 180 families agree with him. Macy is referring to chainsaw teams deployed by Texas Baptist Men to help victims of severe ice storms in North Texas and Oklahoma. The teams,…

CORDOVA, Tenn. (ABP) — Paul Williams, minister of prayer and special projects at Bellevue Baptist Church, sexually abused his son 17 years ago, according to a report from the church's investigative committee. The committee announced its findings to the congregation…

My parents recently left for their 14th trip to Zimbabwe as volunteer medical missionaries. I confess that saying goodbye to them always involves a mixture of emotions. Certainly what they do on these trips is of vital importance — my…

ATLANTA (ABP) — When people ask Becky Shenton what she does for a living, she always replies, “I work for the church, and I help people.” Becky and her husband, Doug, work with an unlikely group of people in the…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — The naming of a new dean to the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky will help the school gain membership in a theological school association, the seminary's president said. The trustees of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky named Dalen…