HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) -- A former director of a North Carolina Baptist camp awaiting trial on six child-sex charges was found dead of an apparent suicide May 24.
HERTFORD, N.C. (ABP) -- A former director of a North Carolina Baptist camp awaiting trial on six child-sex charges was found dead of an apparent suicide May 24.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- A new book written by a Baptist professor applies theological themes found in the music of the Irish rock band U2 to the quest for Christian unity.
Churches that do a good job of including members with special needs like autism often reap side benefits of a positive witness to their community and sometimes even numerical growth, says an expert in disability ministries.
Kathleen Deyer Bolduc, a nationally recognized author and speaker in the field of disability ministry, said she was unprepared to parent a special-needs child before the birth of her third son.
A longtime advocate for people with disabilities said the greatest barriers to including special-needs individuals in churches are not architectural or language but rather barriers of attitude.
People with disabilities don’t want churches that just “welcome” them, but rather congregations that value them and include them in living a “full life of faith,” a long-time advocate for special-needs ministry said.
All 14 students, part of a 15-member team from Hannibal-LaGrange College injured in a truck accident in Haiti on May 16, have been released from hospitals in St. Louis and Miami, Fla. Only faculty sponsor Chris Brenneman remains hospitalized in Miami.
(ABP) -- Spring commencement exercises at most schools around the United States are now complete, and new graduates and their well-wishers heard words of wisdom from scores of speakers at colleges, universities and professional schools across the country. Associated Baptist Press, in
