LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist seminary president said Baptist churches should pay heed to the child sexual abuse scandal tarnishing Penn State University and immediately report any credible report of child abuse to legal authorities. “Sometimes Christians and…
Baptist Women in Ministry reforms in Kentucky
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) – Dormant for a decade, a Baptist Women in Ministry chapter in Kentucky was rebirthed Nov. 8 at Baptist Women in Ministry Day at Georgetown College. Pam Durso addresses Georgetown College chapel on Baptist Women in Ministry…
Book covers Civil War in Baptists’ own words
TLANTA (ABP) – People debate what caused the Civil War 150 years after the fact, but Baptists of the era from both North and South agreed it was fought over slavery, says the author of a forthcoming book. Bruce Gourley…
Chalice seals bond between ‘Georgians’
ATLANTA (ABP) – A friendship between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia and Baptists in the Caucasus Republic of Georgia that began with the coincidence of being “Georgians” grew deeper with return of a long-lost communion chalice that carries deep…
SBC leader compares personhood movement to abolition
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s top ethics leader compared an upcoming vote on Mississippi’s proposed personhood amendment to the abolition of slavery. “If we’re going to be a civilized society, we need to extend to unborn children,…
BWA leaders bring ‘fullness of what it means to be Baptist’ to peace summit
ASSISI, Italy (ABP) — Two top leaders of the Baptist World Alliance brought “the fullness of what it means to be Baptist” to an interfaith summit of peace and justice, hosted Oct. 27 by Pope Benedict XVI and attended by…
Religious leaders urge probe into FBI training procedures
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Religious leaders from Jewish, Christian and interfaith organizations called on the White House to convene an interagency task force to investigate, address and resolve concerns over recent allegations that the federal government has used biased and misleading…
Pastor at center of school-prayer flap
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) – A Florida Southern Baptist pastor says he has no intention of ending weekly prayers around an elementary school flagpole that the school district’s attorney says are unconstitutional. “We’re not changing anything,” Ron Baker, the pastor of…
Ohio Baptists ask NAMB to reconsider funding cuts
LIMA, Ohio (ABP) — Ohio Baptists passed a resolution Nov. 3 asking the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board to reconsider funding cuts they say would have “potentially disastrous impact” on church planting in the state. NAMB President Kevin…