A tale of two rallies on the same day in North Carolina

PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — In a move that already has generated considerable outcry, Louisiana College trustees will now require college administrators to approve textbooks for classes at the Baptist school. Previously the selection of textbooks and other classroom materials was…

WATERTOWN, Wis. (ABP) — Carl F. H. Henry, famed evangelical theologian and first editor of Christianity Today, died Dec. 7 in Watertown, Wis., following a lengthy illness. He was 90 years old. Henry's contributions to evangelical Christianity were great and…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Dec. 5 Baptist Press story on a new clergy political group has earned a strong rebuke from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and others. The story concerned the Clergy Leadership Network, an organization formed in November by…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Paul Powell will continue to serve as dean of Truett Theological Seminary past his three-year commitment. Powell said he intended to retire in the spring, but Baylor University President Robert Sloan asked him to stay. “I…

SKOPJE, Macedonia (ABP) — “A jeni ju Baba Dimri?” Translation: “Are you Santa Claus?” That's what Serxhane, an 11-year-old Albanian orphan, asked Rick Shaw — who serves with his wife, Martha, as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship global missions field personnel in…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Veteran missionary Charles “T” Thomas was hired by the Cooperating Baptist Fellowship of Oklahoma as coordinator Dec. 6. Thomas, currently associate coordinator for missions for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida, will assume his new position…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Moderate Baptists in North Carolina are calling for a meeting next month to discuss their future. The open meeting is scheduled for Jan. 23-24 at First Baptist Church in Greensboro, said David Hughes, pastor of First…

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (ABP) — Signatures on most sexual-abstinence commitment cards may not be worth the paper they are written on, according to a recent university study. A survey by Northern Kentucky University revealed 61 percent of students who made…

DALLAS (ABP) — Young adults appear to be turning to oral sex as a way to remain sexually “pure” as they wait longer for marriage, according to sexual-health experts. Dallas psychologist Dan McGee and Joe McIlhaney, director of the Medical…