ATLANTA (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Mercer University are co-sponsors of a “[Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant” scheduled April 19-21, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga. Organized by CBF’s Missional Congregations Initiative and Mercer’s Center…
In November, Baptists in Virginia will be dancing in the streets — literally
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Forget everything you thought you knew about Baptists and dancing. This fall, Baptists in Virginia will be dancing in the streets – literally. Participants at the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, scheduled…
Ministry celebrates 15 years of broadcasting in the Arab world
EASTON, Md. (ABP) – While many are celebrating pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa known collectively as Arab Spring, a Christian broadcasting ministry celebrates 15 years of wholesome family programming. SAT-7, a Christian satellite television station run…
CBF Coordinating Council adopts budget
ATLANTA (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council voted by e-mail May 26 to recommend a 2011-2012 budget of $12.3 million at the group’s June 22-25 General Assembly in Tampa, Fla. The amount is $2.2 million less than this…
Joplin church digging out, while mourning three killed in tornado
JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — Thursday was something of a breakthrough day for the people of tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo. The sun came out around midday and travel restrictions within the area of massive destruction were all but dropped. Pastor Charlie Burnett…
Southern Baptists to review assignments of mission boards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention is ready to consider revisions to working agreements that will allow the International Mission Board to work directly with internationals living in the United States. On the agenda…
Christians can eliminate widespread hunger, advocates insist
DALLAS (ABP) — Christians must cast off fatalistic expectations that presume the inevitability of widespread poverty and hunger in a sinful and fallen world, urged one speaker at a national conference May 24-25 at Dallas Baptist University. Instead, they should…
Redemptive aid demands ‘kingdom collaboration,’ Buckner chief says
DALLAS (ABP) — Together, Christians can make a difference in fighting extreme poverty, but they must move beyond self-imposed boundaries and think creatively about how to work together, the president of Buckner International told a national conference focused on world hunger….
Causey retires from Center for Congregational Health
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Jack Causey, a fixture in North Carolina Baptist life for a half century, will retire from the Center for Congregational Health at the end of May. To honor him, the Center’s board of directors has…