April 2012 - Word&Way

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) – Directors and friends of Associated Baptist Press gathered April 30 at First Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., to honor what one speaker called “the legacy of a generous man.”

2012 Archives

Merging churches across racial lines demands work

April 26, 2012

author: Administrator

The historically black St. Paul Missionary Baptist in Louisville, Ky., and the predominately white Shively Heights Baptist merged to create a blended congregation in August 2009. It's worked amazingly well, but it's hard work, participants say..

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Veteran minister reflects on losses in African-American church life

April 26, 2012

author: Administrator

After more than five decades of ministry, George Harrison, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church-NBC in Waco and a veteran church musician, understands what African-American Christians have gained and lost in the last half-century.

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Race & Faith

April 26, 2012

author: Administrator

Periodically, racial tensions bubble up, illustrating just how far-removed modern America is from "beloved community."

2012 Archives

New Mexico Baptists ponder future of Glorieta

April 26, 2012

author: brandon

ALBUQUERQUE (ABP) -- Around 30 people from New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma gathered April 12 at Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s building to offer suggestions for the future of Glorieta Conference Center.

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God allows Melody Pryor to follow father in church pulpit

April 25, 2012

author: Administrator

What do you do when God opens an opportunity that will mean instant trouble but that also realizes a lifelong calling? And what if the Lord revealed that opportunity in a way that made it clear he had engineered it?

Melody Pryor's answer was a

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‘Baptist Times’ website debuts

April 24, 2012

author: brandon

DIDCOT, England (ABP) – A new Baptist Times website launched April 23, three months after an award-winning newspaper with the same name ceased publication after 156 years.

2012 Archives

Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

April 24, 2012

author: brandon

Southern Baptist leaders will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many say set back the denomination's efforts on racial reconciliation.

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Speakers say churches can learn from same-sex couples

April 23, 2012

author: brandon

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – A gay Christian told Baptists April 20 that whatever their views about homosexuality, churches can learn something from committed same-sex covenant relationships.

ABP presents posthumous Founders Award to longtime board member Ed Vick

Merging churches across racial lines demands work

Veteran minister reflects on losses in African-American church life

Race & Faith

New Mexico Baptists ponder future of Glorieta

God allows Melody Pryor to follow father in church pulpit

‘Baptist Times’ website debuts

Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

Speakers say churches can learn from same-sex couples

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