Former SBC president undergoes bypass surgery
HOUSTON (ABP) -- Former Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Young is recovering from triple coronary bypass surgery May 27.
Former SBC president undergoes bypass surgery
HOUSTON (ABP) -- Former Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Young is recovering from triple coronary bypass surgery May 27.
Clergy shortage turns to ministerial glut in some denominations
After a decade-long clergy shortage in America’s pulpits, Christian denominations are now experiencing a clergy glut—with some denominations reporting two ministers for every vacant pulpit.
Make a joyful noise, picture, movie…
While recently spending hours online trying to recall a song from the mid-90s, I was reminded how art plays a significant role in my faith. While a fervent or well-written message can move me, songs, instrumentals, paintings, photographs and performances are the memories that
Father of fallen Marine files brief in case against Westboro Baptist Church
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The father of a Marine killed in Iraq in 2006 filed a brief May 24 with the United States Supreme Court arguing that the free-speech rights of a Baptist church that picketed his son's funeral should not trump his family's right to
The significance of remembering
Remembering is usually a good thing, even though not all memories are pleasant. Usually we have to consciously exercise our remembering mechanism, activating almost without thought the extraordinary search engine in our brains. Many will do so on Memorial Day. Regardless of your holiday plans,
Douglas Green passes away in Shawnee
Dr. John Douglas Green, 85, of Shawnee, Kan., passed away at his home on May 23. He was the husband of Central Baptist Theological Seminary president Molly T. Marshall, who survives.
Missouri indie band spreads message of authentic faith
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Passport vice president nominated as CBF moderator-elect
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Passport vice president nominated as CBF moderator-elect
ATLANTA (ABP) -- Colleen Burroughs, vice president of the Passport youth camping ministry she started with her husband in 1993, will be nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Atlanta-based CBF announced May 24.