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N.C. retirement home seeks to alter ties

Directors of the North Carolina Baptist Retirement Home are seeking to “adjust certain aspects of their relationship” with the North Carolina Baptist State Convention “while reaffirming other traditional ties.” The move comes after a convention nominating committee chose not to…

Warren clarifies statement on Southern Baptist affiliation

Saddleback Community Church is the largest congregation in the Southern Baptist Convention. But is it really Southern Baptist? Pastor Rick Warren told a group of high-profile journalists in May that the 40,000-member church no longer is a member of the…

Public school teachers wrestle with following Christ without stepping out of bou

By Ken Camp Many Christian public school teachers see their vocation as more than a job. They view it as a divine calling. But some wrestle with how to follow Christ without stepping out of bounds. Teachers should start by…

Church and People News for August 25, 3005

Staff Changes Cecil Sherman, to Chamberlayne Church, Richmond, as interim pastor. Gary Poff, to Angels Rest Fellowship, Pearisburg, as interim pastor. Nelson Taylor, to Central Church, Richmond, as minister of music, effective Sept. 4. Phil Howard, to Richland Church, Hartwood,…

Christian leaders rebuke Robertson for assassination recommendation

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Something of an international diplomatic crisis ensued Aug. 23, after news spread that conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson had called for the assassination of Venezuela's president. Representatives of groups as diverse as the State Department, the Department…

Federal agency defunds ‘faith-based’ charity

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal agency has withdrawn funding from an abstinence program that is part of President Bush's “faith-based initiative,” saying it does not have proper safeguards in place to avoid direct government support of religion. In a letter…

Georgetown, Kentucky Baptist Convention to dialogue about future relationship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A 14-member joint workgroup is being formed to review the working relationship between Georgetown College and the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The request for dialogue, proposed by Georgetown's board of trustees, was approved by the KBC Mission…

Stem-cell discovery may negate controversy over research

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new discovery in embryonic stem-cell research may end up leap-frogging the political and moral debates over the procedure. A team of researchers from Harvard University announced Aug. 21 that they had converted adult human skin cells…

Rick Warren clarifies SBC ties after ‘misstatement’ in interview

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP) — Saddleback Community Church is the largest congregation in the Southern Baptist Convention. But is it really Southern Baptist? Pastor Rick Warren told a group of high-profile journalists in May that the 40,000-member church no longer…

Counselors help tsunami victims deal with emotion damage too

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — In Matara, Sri Lanka, school teachers have moved all the classes to the upper floor because the children refuse to meet in the school's ground-level rooms. The memory of the Dec. 26 tsunami is still…

Taizé founder Brother Roger stabbed to death during worship

TAIZE, France (ABP) — The legendary founder of a monastic community that united Christians from Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic and evangelical traditions was stabbed to death during a prayer service Aug. 16. Brother Roger, leader of the Taizé Community in the…

‘Holy discontent’ can inspire good leaders, Hybels says

SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (ABP) — Church leadership grows out of an unrelenting compulsion to follow God, speakers repeatedly told participants in the 10th annual Leadership Summit Aug. 11-13. Simulcast live from Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago, the conference…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone