ATLANTA (ABP) – Former President Jimmy Carter told veteran journalist Bob Abernethy that he’s seen progress in areas that prompted him to convene a New Baptist Covenant gathering in 2008 and New Baptist Covenant II gatherings scattered across nine locations linked by satellite TV Nov.
Appealing to the biblical call to unity, Missouri Baptist Foundation trustees have issued an open letter to Missouri Baptists to call for an end to nearly 10 years of litigation.
"It seems like I hear people saying they're nervous about what happens
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. (ABP) -- Eight days after a tornado demolished much of their campus, members of Elizabethtown Baptist Church in North Carolina were cleaning up and thanking God for the unity among churches and neighbors the tornado spawned.
First Baptist Church of Jefferson City shared joint worship services, a joint choir and Tony Campolo with First United Methodist Church.
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.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- A new book written by a Baptist professor applies theological themes found in the music of the Irish rock band U2 to the quest for Christian unity.
William Shaw, two-time president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, called messengers and guests at the Baptist General Convention of Missouri annual meeting to focus on Jesus as the kingdom’s attraction and the unity of Christian purpose.
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By Marv Knox ATLANTA (ABP) -- Fifteen thousand participants in the New Baptist Covenant convocation arrived in Atlanta Jan. 30 seeking unity in Christ and departed Feb. 1 wondering where their quest will lead. In
By Bill Webb, Word&Way Editor Unity has most often been an elusive commodity for Baptist groups in the United States. The recent announcement that the leaders of 30 Baptist bodies from across the United States and Canada are planning to enter into a covenant