WASHINGTON (ABP) — Christian clergy across the country will organize readings from the Quran and other sacred texts Sunday, June 26, as part of an initiative to counter anti-Muslim bigotry and negative stereotypes of Islam. Announced in a telephonic press…
Ed Vick, moderate Baptist lay leader, dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Ed Vick, a prominent Baptist layman and supporter of moderate causes including Associated Baptist Press, died May 13, seven weeks after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Vick, of Raleigh, N.C., served as a director of…
BJC says North Carolina county’s policy threatens religious liberty
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist church-state watchdog group urged the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower-court’s decision barring a North Carolina county commission from opening its meetings with prayers in Jesus’ name. Oral arguments were scheduled…
British Baptists urge end to tax-dodging by multinational corporations
LONDON (ABP) — An annual assembly of British Baptists called on the government to crack down on strategies used by multinational corporations to avoid paying taxes in the Third World. While not illegal, a Baptist Union of Great Britain resolution…
Alliance of Baptists acts out call for economic justice with staff salaries
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — At its recent convocation in Louisville, Ky., the Alliance of Baptists not only adopted a statement on economic justice but implemented the commitment by equalizing salaries for members of the organization’s leadership team. Denouncing public policy…
Baptists respond to deadly outbreak of tornadoes in Alabama
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (ABP) — Amid overwhelming destruction following the second-deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history, Baptist Christians stepped forward to do their part to help. “We can’t do everything, but we can do something and do it well,” Ronnie Brewer,…
ABP directors celebrate press, religious freedom with awards
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Freedom of religion and the press are two Baptist gifts important to both church and state, two award recipients said at a May 1 ceremony sponsored by Associated Baptist Press. On the eve of ABP’s semi-annual…
Royal wedding holds lessons on church-state separation, experts say
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two American church-state experts say Friday’s British royal wedding holds lessons about why the marriage of church and state is a bad one. Anticipating nuptials for Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey, the Washington…
Pastor tapped as editor of North Carolina convention’s newspaper
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) – North Carolina Baptists have chosen a pastor as editor of their state newspaper. The Biblical Recorder reported April 24 on the April 18 election of Alan Blume, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Boone, N.C.,…