When our church was tested by fire

Our church has just lived through the worst natural disaster our area of California ever has experienced, and the damage is not fully comprehended yet. On Jan. 7, a fire broke out in the Eaton Canyon area, which is a...

Opinion John Jay Alvaro

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Baptist unity takes center stage as New Covenant meeting opens

ATLANTA (ABB) — Baptist unity took center stage during the opening night of the New Baptist Covenant convocation in Atlanta Jan. 30. About 10,000 African-American, Anglo, Asian-American and Hispanic Baptists gathered at the urging of former President Jimmy Carter and…

Baptist chaplains provide spiritual care to Marines at Camp Pendleton

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (ABP) — The 2000 suicide attack of the USS Cole in Yemen made Sunny Mitchell realize she wanted to become a Navy chaplain. “I knew some of the sailors on the Cole, and I wanted to be…

Baptists Mike Huckabee, Rick Warren to speak at preaching conference

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and best-selling author Rick Warren, both ordained Southern Baptist pastors, will speak about how to use the pulpit to address political, social and cultural issues at a preaching conference in April….

Unity the focus of Baptist gathering, organizers insist

ATLANTA (ABP) — If a spirit of unity prevails at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, organizers of the historic interracial meeting said Jan. 30, they will consider the gathering a success. And participants in the event will remain…

Burleson, outspoken pastor and blogger, resigns from International Mission Board

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Wade Burleson, the prominent pastor and blogger who railed against what he saw as an excessive narrowing of parameters within the Southern Baptist Convention, has resigned from his position as a trustee of the SBC's International…

RIGHT OR WRONG?

Our pastor-search committee said they want to find a person of integrity. That is such a loose concept. Just what does integrity look like, so we can recognize it in candidates for our church? Your pastor-search committee will need depth,…

Opinion: Worshiping with helmets

Recent reports about the age of messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention have alerted some to the “graying” of the convention. Specifically, the percentage of messengers aged 18-39 dropped from a high of 35.9 percent in 1985 to a low…

At final State of Union speech, would-be successors eclipse Bush

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In his valedictory State of the Union address Jan. 28, President Bush attempted to cement his legacy on a handful of issues important to religious voters while much of the nation focused on the race to choose…

Executive director nominee Everett to unify BGCT around ‘mission passion’

DALLAS (ABP) — Mission work, Christian education and advocacy are the three tasks that can unite Baptists in the Lone Star state, according to the nominee for executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Randel Everett, pastor of…