WACO, Texas (ABP) — Biblical justice demands either a change of heart or change of resident in the White House, renowned preacher James Forbes told a symposium at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary. Reading from the Old Testament book of…
Thomas resigns Southwestern chaplaincy; church reviews spending practices
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Claude Thomas, who resigned as pastor of First Baptist Church of Euless, Texas, three weeks ago to become chaplain and special assistant to the president at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, abruptly declined the new position…
Baptist Joint Committee receives $100,000 lectureship endowment
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist historian and his wife have given a Baptist religious-liberty group a large gift to establish a lectureship on church-state issues. The Washington-based Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty announced the $100,000 gift from Walter and…
Judge finds no racketeering in Criswell College lawsuit
DALLAS (ABP) — A district judge found no evidence of racketeering by either the W.A. Criswell Foundation or Criswell College in a dispute with a computer contractor. The suit arose from an agreement John Thomas, a Baptist layman and founder…
Gary Baldridge to leave CBF missions post he shares with wife, will pursue writing
ATLANTA (ABP) — Gary Baldridge, who with his wife has led the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's global missions effort for five years, will leave CBF at the end of the year to return to a career in writing. Daniel Vestal, CBF…
Fellowship reports record donations, led by large gifts to missions
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship finished its 2003-04 fiscal year June 30 with revenues of $24.26 million, the highest-ever annual total. The record total included undesignated contributions of $8,869,883, designated gifts of $8,709,160, and a global missions offering…
New Orleans Seminary trustees say yes to ‘sole membership’ with reservations (updated)
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — After months of sometimes pointed discussion, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary trustees agreed Oct. 13 to adopt proposed charter amendments designed to tie it securely to the Southern Baptist Convention — but with some reservations. Spending…
New Orleans Seminary trustees vote to adopt ‘sole membership’ with reservations
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — After months of sometimes pointed discussion, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary trustees agreed Oct. 13 to adopt proposed charter amendments designed to tie it securely to the Southern Baptist Convention — but with some reservations. Spending…
Supreme Court hears arguments on juvenile death penalty
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. Supreme Court considered Oct. 13 whether or not giving the death penalty to offenders who are 16 or 17 at the time of their crimes qualifies as the kind of “cruel and unusual punishment” banned…