WACO, Texas (ABP) – Items are being collected for an online auction to help with legal fees for the parents of a slain Baptist pastor’s wife who are seeking custody of their granddaughters while the girls’ father serves prison time…
Donors pledge $500,000 in matching gift campaign for BTSR
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Five anonymous donors have pledged to match up to $500,000 in contributions to Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond over the next year, to assist the school as it begins a process of moving to a new…
Central Seminary dedicates chapel
SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) – Central Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated two days April 7-8 dedicating a new chapel and with an open house featuring tours of recently completed capital improvements. The seminary broke ground for the Baugh-Marshall Chapel in 2009. Construction…
Tornado destroys Virginia church
DELTAVILLE, Va. (ABP) — The sanctuary of Zoar Baptist Church in Deltaville, Va., was destroyed by a tornado that touched down at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 — just hours before the building would have been full of worshipers. Zoar's…
BaptistWay offers mp3 and Kindle Bible study resources
DALLAS (ABP) — BaptistWay Press, the publishing arm of Texas Baptists, has launched digital resources in an effort to meet the changing Bible study habits of believers. BaptistWay recently started offering its Bible studies in a format that is downloadable…
Pioneering Baptist ethicist stressed applying the gospel to all of life
ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Christian ethics applies the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ to all of life, Bill Pinson told participants at the T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics April 11-12 at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary. That statement describes the…
Baptists build home for family living in water tank
LA PRESA GRANDE, Texas (ABP) — Alongside a long dirt road, the Ramirez family lives behind a thin wire fence. They have little, but they have enough to live. They have few material possessions but an abundance of joy. Neighbors…
Scholarship named after slain pastor
WACO, Texas (ABP) – A new scholarship at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary has been established as a tribute to a pastor and graduate of the school murdered March 3 in his church office. Rather than letting the…
CBF adjusts to changing missions landscape
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – The head of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s global missions operation says the movement remains committed to continue ministry with the poorest of the poor and the least evangelized while seeking to adapt new models in a…