ATLANTA (ABP) — Washington, D.C., is one of seven cities chosen as sites for satellite viewing of the Nov. 17-19 New Baptist Covenant II, which will be anchored in Atlanta. Other sites include Dallas, Denver, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Seattle…
Zimbabwe Baptist seminary principal fired in faith statement dispute
GWERU, Zimbabwe (ABP) — The principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe — who has taught at Baptist divinity schools in Virginia and North Carolina — has been fired for refusing to accept changes made to the school’s governing…
Baptist World Alliance gives human rights award to peace advocate
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) — A Baptist leader who helped broker peace among rival factions in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland accepted the 2011 Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award July 9. Wati Aier, principal…
Mid-Atlantic CBF moves toward ‘collaborative mission’
TAMPA, Fla. — Representatives of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of the Mid-Atlantic concurred June 23 that the movement’s future in the multi-state region lies not what in the Fellowship can do for them, but what they can do together to…
Passport hires staff member to help children, youth discover God’s calling
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — An international student ministry that partners with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has hired a staff member to spearhead a new initiative to help theologically moderate churches discover God’s calling for both clergy and laity. Jennifer Herron,…
Florida pastor says tell stories of ‘why’ moderates left, not ‘who’
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) – A Florida pastor said June 25 that the 20-year-old Cooperative Baptist Fellowship must recast its message for a rising generation. In order to interpret the movement’s history for younger Fellowship Baptists, Kyle Reese, pastor of Hendricks…
Blind musical artist Ken Medema articulates his art form
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Ken Medema — singer, composer, pianist, artist and for four decades a softly prodding social conscience of the church — worked his art through the two days of the 2011 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly June…
Ken Medema articulates his art form
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Ken Medema — singer, composer, pianist, artist and for four decades a softly prodding social conscience of the church — worked his art through the two days of the 2011 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly June…
Dunn uplifts ‘soul freedom’ at Baptist Joint Committee annual event
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Accepting this year’s J.M. Dawson Religious Liberty Award from the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty June 24, former BJC leader James Dunn identified “soul freedom” as the driving force behind the church-state watchdog organization now…