GAFFNEY, S.C. (ABP) -- A Saturday children's outing turned to tragedy March 19 for a Baptist church in South Carolina when a miniature train at a park derailed, killing the 6-year-old son of its pastor and injuring several others.
LAS VEGAS (ABP) -- The president for the 2011 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference defended a program he’s put together for June 12-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., saying critics who find it outside the convention’s mainstream hold too narrow a worldview.
ATLANTA (ABP) -- Deep staff cuts announced in January will help reduce the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's budget shortfall in the 2010-2011 fiscal year by more than $1.1 million, officials said in response to questions by Associated Baptist Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- A Southern Baptist seminary president suggested that Rob Bell's new book Love Wins could have been alternately titled "Velvet Hell," a play on Bell's 2005 book Velvet Elvis that offered "a fresh take on Jesus" by one of the country's most
International Mission Board trustees elected as president of the missions agency Tom Elliff — a 67-year-old longtime Oklahoma pastor, one-time missionary and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. And despite his age, Elliff insists he has "no intention of being
International Mission Board trustees elected as president of the missions agency Tom Elliff—a 67-year-old longtime Oklahoma pastor, one-time missionary and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Enjoy baseball and support mission efforts at the same time. Sports Crusaders has secured three Sports Crusaders Days at St. Louis Cardinals games this season — the first on April 2.
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Being doers of the Word and not hearers only, as the writer of James put it, is required of believers. And it can be deeply meaningful, both to the doer and the recipient of the service or ministry. But in doing anything for God and
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