Take time to thank the pastor
October is Pastor (or Clergy) Appreciation Month, with the second Sunday designated as Pastor Appreciation Day — a good time to say "thanks" with words and actions.
Voice injury forces pastor to take medical leave
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) – A prominent North Carolina Baptist pastor surprised his congregation recently by announcing he is stepping down for medical reasons due to voice injury.
Police ask judge to dismiss lawsuit over shooting of Georgia pastor
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (ABP) – Two north Georgia police officers have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against them for their use of deadly force in a 2009 shooting that claimed the life of a Baptist pastor.
NC association ousts church with woman pastor
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (ABP) -- Surry Baptist Association in North Carolina expelled Flat Rock Baptist Church in Mount Airy from membership July 26, two weeks after their new female pastor started at the church.
Pastor retires from boyhood church that was model for TV’s ‘The Waltons’
Earl Hamner Jr. created The Waltons from his recollections growing up during the Depression in the rural village of Schuyler, Va. The white frame church that played a significant role in the spiritual nurture of the Hamner family is Schuyler Baptist Church, where for the
Former British Baptist pastor sentenced for sexual abuse
FAIRFAX, Va. (ABP) – A former British Baptist pastor was sentenced July 22 to eight years in prison for sexually abusing two boys while visiting a family friend in the United States.
Pastor disagrees with SBC leader about homosexuality
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (ABP) – A prominent Florida pastor took exception to recent statements by a Southern Baptist seminary president that homosexuality is “not merely a matter of choice.”
Pastor says God chooses who will be saved
PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist pastor told a California audience June 26 that the notion that God foreknew which believers would freely choose to accept Christ is false.
CBF pastor says tell stories of âwhyâ moderates left, not âwhoâ
TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) – A Florida pastor said June 25 that the 20-year-old Cooperative Baptist Fellowship must recast its message for a rising generation.
Joplin pastor: Where do we go from here?
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