Will we be the right kind of light to the world?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — In hiring a former Associated Baptist Press intern, the news service's leaders say they have accomplished two long-anticipated goals: re-staffing an important editorial position and opening a full-time Dallas bureau. Executive Editor Greg Warner announced to…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — The Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina has adopted bylaw amendments that allow the corporation's trustees to elect their own successors. Previously the bylaws called for trustees to be elected by the Baptist State Convention of…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Two Virginia Baptist benefactors have offered a large matching-gift challenge to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Seminary officials announced Jan. 19 that Louise and Harwood Cochrane had issued a $3 million challenge to their fellow BTSR…

(ABP) — News reports and televised images of suffering by South Asia tsunami victims or hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast residents prompted Americans to reach deep into their pocketbooks to give last year. Americans gave more than $2.7 billion to aid Gulf…

SAN ANGELO, Texas (ABP) — When church leaders fail to identify and manage risks in areas such as legal liability, health and safety standards, and compliance with civil-rights laws, they neglect an important aspect of biblical stewardship, risk-management consultant Dick…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Affirming his commitment, compassion and vision, friends and colleagues gathered Jan. 13 to honor James T. Draper Jr., who will retire Feb. 1 as president of LifeWay Christian Resources. Draper, elected president of the former Baptist…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A unanimous Supreme Court managed Jan. 18 to uphold a New Hampshire law requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortions without breaking new ground on abortion rights — though many had hoped or feared they would. In…