Why do people leave churches?
Many churches and denominations put a lot of effort into attracting new members only to lose many of them through a “back door”— a term used to describe people who regularly attended a church in the past but stopped.
Tricia Alberts tapped to lead Sports Crusaders
The Sports Crusaders board unanimously elected Tricia Alberts as executive director during its meeting on Oct. 15 in Jefferson City. She previously had served as director of operations and camp coordinator.
Jefferson City Baptists, Methodists celebrate Unity Sunday
First Baptist Church of Jefferson City shared joint worship services, a joint choir and Tony Campolo with First United Methodist Church.
Similar lessons from two events
On the same day that directors and other friends of Associated Baptist Press commemorated the news service's 20th anniversary, a Baptist editor resigned his post amid threats to defund the newspaper he has served for three years.
The coincidence of the North
Pastor calls for church unity following arrest of associate pastor
GREENWOOD, S.C. (ABP) -- A Southern Baptist pastor in South Carolina urged his congregation not to rush to judgment following the Oct. 26 arrest of its associate pastor/minister of music on charges of committing a lewd act upon a 13-year-old girl.
Calif. court strikes down Wiley Drake’s ‘birther’ case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABP) -- A state appellate court in California has dismissed a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs including a former Southern Baptist Convention officer claiming that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and therefore is not eligible to occupy the
Missouri Baptists debate college name change
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Most pastors oppose endorsing candidates from pulpit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- Protestant pastors may hold strong political views but most don't use their pulpits to tell church members how to vote, according to new data by LifeWay Research.
Seminary celebrates 100 years in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated a milestone of 100 years at its current location with a chapel service Oct. 19 focusing on its founder, B.H. Carroll, and his successor L. R. Scarborough, who led the seminary from 1915 to 1942.
ABP honors journalist Charles Overby, other founders of group
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A founder of Associated Baptist Press recounted the organization’s history Oct. 21 as an effort to maintain a free press in Baptist life. Events in North Carolina earlier in the same day served as a reminder that freedom in Baptist journalism remains