KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (ABP) – A Baptist pastor and former Gardner-Webb University professor was found not guilty of misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution July 14. Clinton Feemster Clinton Feemster, 59, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Kings Mountain, N.C., who…
Nigerian Baptist head says government unable to control radical sect
IBADAN, Nigeria (ABP) – The head of the Nigerian Baptist Convention said July 13 that the government is losing credibility over its inability to control a militant Islamic group responsible for bombings of public buildings including police stations and Christian…
Wallis, Land disagree about deficit causes
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Jim Wallis of Sojourners and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention disagreed about causes of the deficit in an online video debating morality of the federal budget. In a video posted at bloggingheads.tv, Wallis voiced principles…
Church faces ouster for allowing pro-gay group to meet
OWENSBORO, Ky. (ABP) – A Kentucky Baptist church faces ouster from its local association for providing meeting space for a group opposed to discrimination against gays. The credentials committee of Daviess-McLean Baptist Association is recommending expulsion of the Journey Fellowship…
Mission dolls introduce gospel around the world
MONROE, N.C. (ABP) — A single idea to make evangelistic dolls for children in other lands seeded an ecumenical project in North Carolina that has united women of many different churches to touch hearts worldwide. "I don't see people," said…
Australian Baptist leaders clarify stance on gay marriage
MELBOURNE, Australia (ABP) – Australian Baptist leaders distanced themselves from comments supporting gay marriage made by a pastor on national television. Nathan Nettleton, pastor of South Yarra Community Baptist Church in Melbourne, said in a panel discussion July 10 on…
Faith leaders join challenge to Alabama’s immigration law
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Faith leaders joined a coalition of civil-rights groups to file a federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new immigration law described by Gov. Robert Bentley as the strongest in the country. Greater Birmingham Ministries, a multi-racial organization representing…
Book asks ‘Is God a Christian?’
MACON, Ga. (ABP) – The author of a 1996 book that critics labeled heresy has released another title that is being met with similar controversy. Kirby Godsey Kirby Godsey, who served 27 years as president of Mercer University before being…
Baptist World Alliance presents human-rights award
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) – A Baptist leader who helped broker peace among rival factions in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland accepted the 2011 Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award July 9. Wati Aier, principal…