By Bob Allen A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church in Baltimore has voted to disband and donate facilities valued at $2 million to a Southern Baptist church plant launched nearby five years ago. Patterson Park Baptist Church was constituted in 1913…
KBC votes to end Georgetown ties
By Bob Allen The Kentucky Baptist Convention voted Nov. 12 to sever ties with Georgetown College, a historically Baptist liberal-arts school chartered in 1829. The motion to terminate a partnership agreement between the entities struck in 2005 was scheduled for…
Baptists shed light on Filipino suffering
By Jeff Brumley A clearer picture of the devastation wrought by Typhoon Haiyan is coming into view, thanks in part to reports from Baptist World Alliance member organizations located in the Philippines. BWA leaders said Thursday they have received updates…
Va. Baptists say no to prayer amendment
By Robert Dilday An amendment to the Virginia constitution aimed at permitting prayer in public schools and government meetings should be rejected by the state’s General Assembly, according to Virginia’s oldest Baptist network of churches. A resolution adopted during the…
Scottish Baptist to lead relocated seminary
By Bob Allen A Scottish Baptist educator and former pastor has been named rector of the International Baptist Theological Study Centre in Amsterdam, a school owned by the European Baptist Federation in the process of relocating from the Czech Republic….
Baptists urged to ‘wage peace’ in Israel
By Bob Allen Theology is part of the problem of instability in the Middle East but can be part of the solution, a Palestinian theologian said Nov. 9 at a conference titled “Waging Peace in Palestine and Israel” sponsored by…
Ky. Baptists vote no-confidence in leader
By Bob Allen The Kentucky Baptist Convention passed a symbolic vote of no-confidence in an agency head who recently asked his board to consider dropping a policy against hiring gays. Messengers at the 2013 KBC annual meeting Nov. 12 in…
CBF deploys field personnel to Philippines
By Jeff Brumley Leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship today said it’s deploying one of its missionaries to the Philippines to help victims of last week’s deadly Typhoon Haiyan. It also is sending $10,000 to Asia Pacific Baptist Aid to…
Baptists among forces helping Philippines
By Jeff Brumley Baptists and other religious groups are kicking into high gear with financial and material aid in response to Typhoon Haiyan, which tore through the central Philippines on Friday, killing an estimated 10,000 and destroying entire towns and…