SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ABP) — The conductor of an amusement train involved in a March 19 crash that killed a pastor's son said on the way to the hospital he was driving too fast, that he knew better and didn't know…
Rescue workers, Japanese Baptists describe dire situation
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist World Aid disaster-response team who visited Japan described the challenge of getting food for people who had evacuated their homes in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami and the threat of nuclear radiation as…
Slain Arlington pastor’s ‘whole life really was newsworthy,’ friends insist
ARLINGTON—Family and friends of Pastor Clint Dobson choose not to dwell on the circumstances of his death. Instead, they celebrate a life well-lived and remember a man whose actions demonstrated an unswerving love for God and people. Dobson, 29, was…
Pastor’s son killed in miniature train wreck
GAFFNEY, S.C. (ABP) — A Saturday children's outing turned to tragedy March 19 for a Baptist church in South Carolina when a miniature train at a park derailed, killing the 6-year-old son of its pastor and injuring several others. Benjamin…
SBC Pastors’ Conference slate raises ire
LAS VEGAS (ABP) — The president of the 2011 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference defended a program he’s put together for June 12-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., saying critics who find it outside the convention’s mainstream hold too narrow a worldview. Vance…
CBF budget cuts total $1.1 million
ATLANTA (ABP) — Deep staff cuts announced in January will help reduce the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's budget shortfall in the 2010-2011 fiscal year by more than $1.1 million, officials said in response to questions by Associated Baptist Press. The loss…
Mohler critiques new book as ‘Velvet Hell’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist seminary president suggested that Rob Bell's new book Love Wins could have been alternately titled "Velvet Hell," a play on Bell's 2005 book Velvet Elvis that offered "a fresh take on Jesus" by…
Sanctity of life bigger than one issue, Gushee says
BELTON, Texas (ABP) — Sanctity of human life transcends politics and reaches far beyond one or two hot-button issues, Christian ethicist David Gushee told students and faculty at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Christian ethicist David Gushee addresses sanctity of…
New IMB chief insists he has ‘no intention of being an interim’
DALLAS (ABP) — The 67-year-year old former pastor elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board says that despite his age, he has no intention of functioning as an interim successor to retired IMB head Jerry Rankin. Tom…