PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Baptist seminary in Prague, one of the first causes adopted by moderates, may move to Amsterdam
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (ABP)—Trustees of the International Baptist Theological Seminary—one of the earliest casualties of the theological dispute in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the first causes adopted by moderate Baptists in the Mid-Atlantic—have proposed relocating the seminary from…
Christians turn to public education as call to service
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP)—A new kind of “school choice” agenda is gaining ground as more and more young adults’—including Christians concerned about social justice—choose teaching in public schools over more lucrative and less challenging careers. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan…
Colorado tragedy affects Texas Baptist family
AURORA, Colo. (ABP)—The impact of a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater was felt as far away as Texas, where a Baptist family mourned the loss of a brother and son. Texas native Gordon Cowden, 51, the oldest of…
Churches aid students with food backpacks
GREENSBORO, N.C.—Before long, youngsters toting backpacks back and forth to school will be a common sight. But for about 40 students at Peck Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C., they will carry something more vital than just notebooks and pencils. They…
Organization says SBC is ‘bullying’ Air Force chaplain to explain presence
(ABP)—A chaplaincy organization supportive of last year’s repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that banned gays from serving openly in the military accused the Southern Baptist Convention of bullying and intimidation for asking an Air Force chaplain to…
BTSR goes ‘boothless’ at CBF General Assembly
RICHMOND, Va—Alumni of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond searched in vain this year for a booth in the exhibit hall at last week’s Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, but their alma mater was far from invisible….
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship enters year of transition
FORTH WORTH, Texas—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship looks forward to an “in-between year” characterized by implementation of a new identity statement and a search for a successor to retiring CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, the group’s incoming moderator said June. 22….
CBF enters year of transition
FORTH WORTH, Texas—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship looks forward to an “in-between year” characterized by implementation of a new identity statement and a search for a successor to retiring CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, the group’s incoming moderator said June. 22….