‘He taught the Bible every Sunday from World War II to COVID’

Joshua Carter, grandson of President Jimmy Carter, was among the speakers at the state funeral for the former president held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. Here is a verbatim transcript of his comments. My grandfather...

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Regents delay vote on president for Baylor, as interim withdraws

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Contrary to expectations, Baylor University regents emerged from their Sept. 9 meeting without a new president for the 160-year-old Baptist school, and Interim President Bill Underwood announced he had removed his name as a candidate for…

Family separated by Katrina reunited at Baptist shelter

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — In 1965, when Hurricane Betsy hammered New Orleans, a pregnant Rose Green told her husband she didn't think she could survive another hurricane. Sadly, she was right. Rose survived the winds of Hurricane Katrina, but…

Churches stepping in to house, resettle hurricane evacuees

ATLANTA (ABP) — Baptist churches aren't leaving disaster relief to the professionals. Many congregations and church members are opening their homes, wallets and buildings to evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. First Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., found the Gulf Coast's diaspora…

Storm brings diverse volunteers together in Alabama town

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (ABP) — Mark Griffo describes himself as “a spiritual person but not a religious person.” He probably never imagined he would find himself sweating in a poor Alabama hamlet, working with a bunch of Baptists to…

Baptist institutions join colleges helping New Orleans students

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Several Baptist-related institutions of higher learning are among those opening their doors to the thousands of college and graduate-school students displaced from New Orleans-area schools. Many of the schools are waiving tuition and fees for students…

Hurricanes and Bibles can change lives, insists Gulfport man

GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP) — When the casinos first began to open in Gulfport in the early '90s, most area Christians saw them merely as a detriment. Wallace Majors also saw them as an opportunity, a chance to reach more people…

Baptist General Convention of Texas earmarks $1 million for relief

DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas will direct $1 million toward hurricane relief in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The funds will be channeled to churches in those three states that are seeking to meet the needs of…

Schwarzenegger says he’ll veto groundbreaking gay-marriage bill

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Although California became the first state to give legislative approval to gay marriage, the state's governor says he will veto the measure, preferring the courts to deal with it. With a State Assembly vote Sept. 6, California…

Three coastal residents find refuge, friendship in abandoned school

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (ABP) — “I slept on the street that first night,” said Angel Peña. “I tried to find the shelter, but I gave up. Then I found this place.” Since Hurricane Katrina swept over this coastal town Aug….