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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Nathan Hatch, provost of the University of Notre Dame, has been selected as the 13th president of Wake Forest University. Hatch, a historian who has spent his entire academic career at Notre Dame, was unanimously approved…

ATLANTA – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Foundation hired Bill Johnson, 48, of Gulf Shores, Ala., Jan. 3 as stewardship associate, responsible for raising funds for endowments for CBF ministry initiatives and partners. Johnson's primary focus is working with individuals who…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Campus minister Rhonda Abbott was hired by the Kentucky Baptist Fellowship Jan. 21 to the newly created position of associate coordinator for missions. Abbott, who began work Feb. 1, will coordinate missions efforts on a statewide…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A group of prominent evangelical Christian leaders — including heads of some of the nation's most conservative colleges and other institutions — have asked President Bush to pay more attention to poverty issues in his second term….

Editor's note: This story updates a previous one released 1/25/05 DALLAS (ABP) — “Experiencing God” author Henry Blackaby says the tsunamis that hit South Asia were God's punishment of an area where Christians have experienced particularly intense persecution. But Voice…

DALLAS (ABP) –“Experiencing God” author Henry Blackaby believes the tsunamis that hit South Asia were God's punishment of an area where Christians have experienced particularly intense persecution. But some missions experts with links to the region question both his theology…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — The United States Supreme Court has effectively brought an end to Gov. Jeb Bush's efforts to keep a Florida woman alive by artificial means. The high court declined, without comment, Jan. 24 to hear Bush's appeal…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage capped a week of good news Jan. 24 as an amendment to ban the practice was re-introduction in Congress. However, observers believe the proposal is unlikely to become law anytime soon. Senate Majority…

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — Georgetown College has been placed on a one-year probation by its accrediting association due to financial concerns. Georgetown officials expressed disappointment with the action by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, noting they have made…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Harold Songer, 77, former vice president of academic affairs for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, died Jan. 23. Songer, who retired in 1992, also was a senior professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern. He…

BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (ABP) — The four previous encounters between the Hindu man and the young Sri Lankan pastor had been violent. Each time, Balram* led a mob attacking Vijyaraj, the young pastor. Each time Vijyaraj was tied up and…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University President Robert Sloan will step down June 1, concluding one of the stormiest periods in the 160-year-old school's history, an era marked by expansion but also division. Sloan will become Baylor's chancellor at the…