ROME, Ga. (ABP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear Shorter College's appeal of a court's decision in favor of the Georgia Baptist Convention, according to the court clerk's office Sept. 14. A state appeals court ruled March…
SBC statesman Adrian Rogers to retire from pastorate
CORDOVA, Tenn. (ABP) — Adrian Rogers, prominent pastor and leader of Southern Baptist conservatives, announced he will retire in six months from the church he has led for 32 years. Rogers, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn. a…
Survey indicates Americans support religious freedom but not separation
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new nationwide survey suggests that Americans love religious freedom but are less avid about the separation of church and state. The Virginia-based Council for America's First Freedom commissioned the survey, which was taken in early August….
Baptist children among hundreds killed in Russian school massacre
BESLAN, Russia (ABP) — At least a half-dozen children of Baptist leaders were killed when a hostage standoff in a Russian school ended violently Sept. 3, according to Baptist groups from the region. The two-day crisis in the southern town…
At the intersection of two hurricanes, Lake Wales ponders God’s ways
LAKE WALES, Fla. (ABP) — You could forgive residents of Lake Wales if they feel persecuted, having endured two powerful hurricanes in three weeks' time. The tiny town in Central Florida bears a dubious geographical distinction — where the path…
Palm Beach Atlantic waterlogged as a result of Hurricane Frances
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (ABP) — Most every building on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic University sustained water damage and one dormitory might be unsalvageable as a result of Hurricane Frances, according to one faculty member. Located in a…
Watching sexual content on TV increases teen sex, study says
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (ABP) — A regular diet of TV that's high in sexual content can encourage teenagers to engage in sexual activity sooner, according to a recently released study. Researchers interviewed 1,792 teenagers about their TV viewing habits…
Churches are front and center in proposed BGCT strategy
DALLAS (ABP) — Local churches — not the Baptist General Convention of Texas — command the lion's share of attention in documents that could guide the state convention through the coming decades. The BGCT's proposed mission, vision, values and priority…
Powell tells Senate committee Sudanese situation is ‘genocide’
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the Bush administration's most powerful statement to date on the situation in the troubled Sudanese province of Darfur, Secretary of State Colin Powell told a Senate committee Sept. 9 that black Africans are being subjected to…