INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — Joan Friesen has been elected to serve as the next executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of Greater Indianapolis, according to the American Baptist News Service. The group of about 30 congregations in the Indianapolis metropolitan area is…
Court voids $5 million judgment against Westboro Baptist Church
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — A federal appeals court has thrown out a $5 million judgment against members of a controversial Baptist church who picketed the funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq with inflammatory signs including "Thank God for Dead…
Eddie Hammett will join North Carolina CBF staff
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Eddie Hammett, who was laid off in August from the staff of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina in a cost-cutting move, will begin a part-time role with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina…
Evangelical leader praises Obama’s comments on nuclear weapons
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The head of a group of young evangelicals seeking to mobilize American Christians against nuclear weapons applauded President Obama's United Nations speech recognizing the need for direct citizen involvement in disarmament efforts. In his Sept. 23…
‘Maggie Lee for Good’ project honors memory of girl killed in bus crash
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — The parents of a girl who died this summer from injuries received in a church-bus wreck are asking 13,000 people to keep her memory alive by doing something good on Oct. 29 — which would have…
Maggie Lee for Good honors memory girl killed in bus crash
SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — The parents of a girl who died this summer from injuries received in a church-bus wreck are asking 13,000 people to keep her memory alive by doing something good on Oct. 29 — which would have…
Non-denominational churches dominate list of largest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — About one-fourth of the largest and one-third of the fastest-growing churches in America are Baptist, according to an annual listing compiled by LifeWay Research for Outreach Magazine. Nearly half of the nation's largest and fastest-growing churches…
Non-denominational, Baptist churches dominate list of largest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — About one-fourth of the largest and one-third of the fastest-growing churches in America are Baptist, according to an annual listing compiled by LifeWay Research for Outreach Magazine. Nearly half of the nation's largest and fastest-growing churches…
Baptist college campuses form groups attacking domestic hunger directly
(L to R) Sheena Smith, Flor Avellaneda, Christine Hersh and Marianne Magjuka celebrated the grand opening of Baylor University Campus Kitchen earlier this year. The students were four of the more than 40 BUCK volunteers, who made 1,000 box lunches…
Baylor asks alumni association to give up independence, move in-house
WACO, Texas (ABP) — The tense relationship between Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association may have reached a potential turning point — or boiling point — Sept. 19 when the university presented the alumni association a proposal asking the…
Texas Baptists Committed to seek new leader
SAN ANGELO, Texas (ABP) — Texas Baptists Committed, formed as a political organization two decades ago to resist a “fundamentalist takeover” of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, soon will be seeking a new executive director and relocating its office….
George Barna, Hispanic evangelicals weigh in on health-care reform
VENTURA, Calif. (ABP) — Prominent evangelical pollster George Barna weighed in on the health-care debate with a Sept. 20 editorial saying that Jesus would support universal coverage — although not necessarily through the government. The founder of the Barna Research…