JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Foundation is appealing a Cole County decision that would have forced the entity to return control to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Foundation filed a notice of appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals on Feb.
A Cole County judge has put on hold the effects of an earlier ruling in the ongoing legal battle between the Missouri Baptist Convention and the Missouri Baptist Foundation.
ATLANTA (ABP) -- Leaders of the Alliance of Baptists applauded the Obama administration's relaxing of travel restrictions to Cuba. The policy change, announced Jan. 14, coincided with a delegation leaving Jan. 24 to visit the island nation as part of the Alliance's 20-year-old partnership with
The Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board met in special called session in downtown Jefferson City on Jan. 14 to take steps to deal with a leadership crisis. Even though lines of separation among Baptist groups are significant, each Baptist is affected negatively
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A Baptist layman with an engineering background might not seem a logical choice to lead a spiritual-formation ministry run by United Methodists. Not surprisingly, the path that led Johnny Sears to Upper Room Ministries in Nashville, Tenn., took some unexpected turns.
KUMASI, Ghana (ABP) -- Baptists in Ghana are mourning the deaths of four ministerial students killed Dec. 11 in a bus crash while on their way to a classmate's wedding.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A private, historically Baptist Christian college sparked a national media firestorm when its successful women's soccer coach left her job shortly after telling members of her team that she is gay.
