PARIS (RNS) — The Church of Scientology and seven of its members will be tried for fraud and other allegations in a groundbreaking case that could lead to a ban on the church's operations in France, legal sources cited by…
OUT LOUD
“We're here to show Christ's love, be servants and witness to the lost using chainsaws as our tools to open doors.” Steve Cabler The member of First Baptist Church in Bartlesville, Okla., was part of a disaster relief team working…
Disaser relief, recovery efforts begin after Hurricane Ike ravages Texas coast
GALVESTON, Texas (ABP) — Less than 24 hours after Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coasts Sept. 12, Baptist groups were mobilizing supplies and relief workers for the disaster zone. The massive storm — rated as a strong…
Megachurches are growing, but in different ways
Megachurches — known for their big buildings, big schools and big crowds — continue to grow, but a new study detects shifts in the way they are expanding. “The general growth pattern is that about 90 percent of megachurches report…
As Gulf hurricane disaster draws focus, relief continues for Carribbean victims
GONAIVES, Haiti (ABP) — Even as the attention of Americans turns to the disaster caused by Hurricane Ike in their own country, Baptist agencies are responding to massive devastation across the Caribbean islands, battered by three successive tropical cyclones since…
Former head of abuse panel blasts two Catholic cardinals
An Illinois Supreme Court justice who chaired a lay review board investigating the Catholic sex abuse scandal blasts the church and prominent cardinals in a new book, accusing them of dishonesty. Justice Anne M. Burke, who headed the National Review…
Baptist volunteers busy in Baton Rouge
ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) — At the drive-through for a hot meal from a Southern Baptist feeding station, a woman said to a volunteer, “The Southern Baptists are always here when we need them ….” Many of the volunteers with the…
RIGHT OR WRONG
My husband and I are in our early 30s and have been married 11 years. We have no children because of my husband's infertility. Some friends have suggested his brother donate sperm so that I can get pregnant through in…
David Wilkinson to become ABP’s executive
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Veteran Baptist communicator David Wilkinson has been named executive director for Associated Baptist Press. Wilkinson, who currently serves as development director for the Baylor University School of Social Work, will replace current ABP Executive Editor Greg…