SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is launching a new category of mission service that will allow churches directly to fund specific missionaries who work through the Fellowship. The program — called AsYouGo — allows missionaries to affiliate…
Student conference to explore God’s calling through dialogue
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – “An antiphonal choir sings two parts in a musical conversation,” according to David Burroughs. And that is the idea behind a new conference designed to give young adults a forum to explore and discuss the call…
Rehnquist illness, election turn focus on future direction of Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The future of the Supreme Court on issues important to religious voters is almost certainly at stake in the Nov. 2 presidential and Senate elections. But an expert on the court says the disaster scenarios that both…
Chief Justice William Rehnquist undergoes thyroid cancer surgery
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The 80-year-old chief justice of the United States has undergone surgery for thyroid cancer but is expected to return to work soon, according to a Supreme Court spokesperson. Chief Justice William Rehnquist underwent a tracheotomy Oct. 23,…
Emergent church ‘rebooting’ worship for new generation, speakers say
WACO, Texas (ABP) –The faith of their fathers doesn't impress youth and young adults very much. But the faith of the early church fathers is a different story. And it increasingly is their story as a generation starved for stable…
Speakers predict sermons will change in next wave of postmodern worship
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Maybe the pulpit is a safe-house in the worship wars. In the past half century, evangelical worship has seen a lot of changes. Music styles have morphed, orders of service have flip-flopped, chalk talks gave way…
Rigid worship agendas can become idolatry, York says
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Agendas, even holy agendas, are not worthy of worship, Terry York is convinced. And when something else — anything else — takes place of God as the focus of the church's worship, it violates God's commandment…
Corrections:
The Oct. 15 ABP story “Gary Baldridge to leave CBF missions post he shares with his wife, to pursue writing” incorrectly stated that the Baldridges had served as CBF field personnel. Please replace the fourth paragraph with the following: The…
Gift of car for Patterson aide draws criticism at Southeastern
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — An unusual gift of a car to an aide of Paige Patterson — which observers say may violate tax laws — is causing a stir on the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jason Duesing,…
Seminary leaders, employees give different accounts of car sale
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — Leaders of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary blame “disgruntled” and “disturbed” former employees for stirring up trouble on their North Carolina campus. But critics say the controversy that boiled over last week owes to the fact…
Pioneer Baptist ethicist Henlee Barnette dies at 93
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Henlee Barnette, a former professor and author who pioneered the study of Christian ethics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Oct. 20 at age 93. Barnette's dogged insistence that actions must match belief undergirded his writings…
President’s supporters question study showing rise in abortions under Bush
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A scholar for the National Right to Life committee says an evangelical seminary professor's study suggesting that the abortion rate has risen under President Bush is flawed. But the professor is standing by his conclusion. The analysis,…