MARS HILL, N.C. (ABP) — No one goes hungry in Madison County, North Carolina, for lack of effort by Mars Hill Baptist Church. Mars Hill Baptist, adjacent to Mars Hill College in the mountains of western North Carolina north of…
Family offers ministry of presence in Colombia
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — One night after nine months in Colombia, Susanne Walker-Wilson poked her sleeping husband, Greg, to tell him a strange man was in their house, speaking aloud in Spanish. Greg and Susanne Walker-Wilson with sons Caleb and…
Zimbabwe Baptist seminary principal fired
GWERU, Zimbabwe (ABP) – The principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe has been fired for refusing to accept changes made to the school’s governing documents including adherence to a Southern Baptist Convention faith statement that forbids women from…
Women in ministry pioneer seeks glimpses of holy as prison chaplain
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — When Nancy Sehested finished her powerful sermon at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina state meeting in March, people were moved both by the message and had to ask, “Where has she been?” Nancy Sehested…
Baptists in Azerbaijan warned not to meet without state approval
OSLO, Norway (ABP) – Police in Azerbaijan raided a Baptist church in June in the port city of Sumgait, and a judge warned the congregation’s leader that he would be fined for a second offense of meeting for worship without…
U.S. Baptists provide funds for drought-ravaged East Africa
ATLANTA (ABP) – Baptist groups in the United States have sent funds to provide food for drought victims in East Africa. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship sent an initial $5,000 to aid programs for refugees pouring into Kenya from Somalia. Food…
BWA expresses solidarity with Baptists in Norway
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – The head of the Baptist World Alliance has sent a letter of solidarity to Baptists in Norway in response to recent mass killings in that country that claimed at least 76 lives. Neville Callam, general…
Some troubled by ‘Christian’ label for Norwegian shooter
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABP) – Religious conservatives in the United States went on the defensive after media described the suspect in last week’s shooting rampage in Norway as a Christian fundamentalist. Christian Broadcasting Network veteran Dale Hurd called usage of…
Former British Baptist pastor sentenced for sexual abuse
FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) – A former British Baptist pastor was sentenced July 22 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two boys while visiting a family friend in the United States. Robert Dando, former senior minister at Worcester Park…