Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (ABP) — In appreciation for “consistent and generous support” for Ouachita Baptist University, trustees named the Arkansas school’s social-science division for Buddy Sutton, a prominent Little Rock attorney. Trustees voted June 12 to honor Sutton, a long-time Ouachita…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Trustees of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond have elected Israel Galindo as the 19-year-old school’s new dean. Galindo, a Christian education professor at the Virginia seminary, was elected June 17. He replaces Mike Harton, who has…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) –The woman came over from China expecting love, marriage and a better life, according to a speaker on human trafficking June 19, during a workshop session at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Memphis, Tenn. But…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist supporters of women in church leadership looked back on 25 years of triumphs and setbacks June 18 as Baptist Women in Ministry celebrated its first quarter-century in Memphis, Tenn. About 150 people gathered at Memphis’…

DALLAS (ABP) — Baptists around the nation are doing something constructive to remember a day characterized by destruction. In memory of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will host a day of mission projects…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) – “Missional” engagement will have a high priority in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of the future, if comments from participants at the group’s annual General Assembly are any indication. During its June 19-20 meeting in Memphis, Tenn.,…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — An update on how the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is helping achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals — a commitment the organization’s top decision-making body made last fall — topped the agenda of the CBF’s annual…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Fred Shuttlesworth, one of the last remaining lions of the Civil Rights Movement, received the Whitsitt Courage Award at a meeting of Baptist historians in Memphis, Tenn., June 19. The award honors individuals who demonstrate “Baptist…