NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)—Today’s young Christians aren’t interested in enlisting for the culture wars that created a brand of Christianity focused more on the ballot box than serving others, author and cultural commentator Jonathan Merritt says in a new book due…
Mark Driscoll’s visit to Liberty making waves
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP)—Never a stranger to controversy, Seattle mega church pastor Mark Driscoll is causing a stir with an upcoming visit to Liberty University. The conservative Christian school in Lynchburg, Va., is next up on a tour by the founding…
Seminary rallies support for gay-marriage ban
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP)—Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary devoted a special chapel service March 28 to rally support for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in North Carolina. Keynote speaker Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and…
Seminarian expelled after arrest on sex charge
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP)—A Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary student arrested March 17 and charged with sexual assault has been expelled and removed from student housing, officials of the school in Wake Forest, N.C., said March 21. A special chapel service…
Expert: Insurance system causes church-state tangle
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — A Baptist church-state scholar says religious liberty concerns about new coverage mandates come with the territory in America’s employer-based health insurance system. Melissa Rogers, director of the Center for Religion and Public Affairs at Wake Forest…
Baptists in N.C. square off over gay marriage
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — Baptists are lining up on opposing sides of an upcoming ballot referendum to amend North Carolina’s constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is on…
Baptist leaders welcome birth-control compromise
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders based in the Mid-Atlantic applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This…
Baptist leaders welcome birth-control compromise
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders based in the Mid-Atlantic applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This…
Baptist leaders welcome birth-control compromise
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders based in the Mid-Atlantic applauded President Obama’s Feb. 10 announcement that insurance companies must pay for birth-control services for women who work for religious institutions that object to paying for them on moral grounds. “This…
Gaza Baptist Church ‘functioning’ but ‘restricted’
SANTA ANA, Calif. (ABP) — The last remaining evangelical church in Gaza is functioning but in danger of dying, famed Bible smuggler Brother Andrew said after a recent visit to Gaza Baptist Church. “Christians in the west are surprised to…
Baptist pastor opposes N.C. gay-marriage ban
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — A prominent progressive Baptist congregation weighed into debate over North Carolina’s proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage Jan. 29. Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., sponsored an adult forum titled N.C. Amendment 1: Personal Freedom,…
Raleigh, N.C., church administrator charged with theft
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — A former administrator at a prominent North Carolina moderate Baptist church was arrested recently and charged with embezzling more than $136,000 in church funds over a five-year period. Robert Lahr, 49, is accused of taking $136,324.58…