Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

TAYLORS, S.C. (ABP) — Messengers to the 186th annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention increased their budget by $600,000 for 2007 and elected a strong Cooperative Program supporter as president Nov. 15 in Taylors, S.C. For nine of…

HOOVER, Ala. (ABP) — Wal-Mart's support of homosexuality, ethics in state government, and the humanitarian crisis in western Sudan surfaced as some of the top issues this year with Alabama Baptists. And Roger Willmore, pastor of Deerfoot Baptist Church in…

DALLAS (ABP) — A church-planting institute founded by Otto Arango — the central figure in a scandal involving misuse and mismanagement of Texas Baptist church-starting funds in the Rio Grande Valley — will cease to exist at the end of…

DALLAS (ABP) — Rank-and-file Texas Baptists are sad and angry about the financial scandal in the Rio Grande Valley that has marred their reputation, but most say they still trust their leaders — including Executive Director Charles Wade — to…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Tennessee Baptists voted overwhelmingly Nov. 14 to publicize whether nominees to leadership posts in the convention affirm the "Baptist Faith and Message," a controversial confession of faith adopted by the national Southern Baptist Convention. Messengers to…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Messengers to the annual North Carolina Baptist state convention meeting struck down proposed bylaw changes that would have given convention-related institutions more influence over the appointment of trustees and directors. The proposed amendments, more than a…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists adopted a $14.2 million budget to fund their ministries in 2007 — a $100,000 increase over this year's budget goal. The 1,053 messengers attending the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of…

DALLAS (ABP) — “Together We Are Doing More” was the stated theme, but healing from financial scandal was the subtext that dominated the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Messengers to the Nov. 13-14 meeting elected officers,…