DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted to take steps to renegotiate the relationship agreement between the state convention and Baylor University. At its May 24 meeting in Dallas, the board directed Associate Executive Director…
Tornadoes continue to spawn in central U.S.
NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) – Violent storm systems continued to wreak havoc in the nation’s mid-section May 24, as tornadoes killed at least 13 people in three states. Thunderstorms hampered rescue efforts in Joplin, Mo., where 120 people died May 22…
Baptists help victims of Myanmar earthquake
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – Several Baptist groups are pooling resources for aid after receiving news that a Baptist church in Myanmar collapsed during a March earthquake, killing 24 and injuring 57. According to the Myanmar Times, about 200 people…
Focus stays on outreach with new facility
PARK HILLS, Mo. (ABP) – A new church building in Missouri prominently lacks one feature common to Baptist churches – a baptistry. It wasn’t an oversight, however, but an intentional decision to keep the focus at New Heights Baptist Church…
Rural church converts child care space to senior center
RURAL HALL, N.C. (ABP) — A tough decision to close its day care center after 20 years prompted a small North Carolina church to establish a center for senior adults in a mid-state area with a high number of seniors…
Three die at Joplin church hit by tornado
JOPLIN, Mo. (ABP) — At least two Missouri Baptist churches are among the scores of institutions, businesses and homes destroyed when one of 68 reported tornadoes that swept across the Midwest on Sunday struck Joplin, Mo. Police in Joplin check through…
Historical Society celebrates Baptists’ ‘singing faith’ with hymn festival
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) – This year’s gathering of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society was atypically melodic, featuring a hymn festival May 17 celebrating hymnody in various genres. Fred Anderson, the society’s executive director, said the hymn singing at Grace Baptist…
Former IMB chair nominated as Kentucky exec
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – A past chairman of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board who supports changing the Cooperative Program unified budget to send more money to overseas mission fields will be nominated as next executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky…
Panel finds defining ‘Baptist university’ not a simple task
DALLAS (ABP) — The answer to “What is a Baptist university?” is complex and nuanced, according to panelists assembled by the Baptist History & Heritage Society. They spent the better part of a morning discussing the question, examining it from…