Pastor stayed silent on abuse, arrested

April 25, 2018

MESQUITE, Texas — The pastor of an independent Baptist congregation was arrested April 10 for failing to report child abuse. Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram newspaper quoted

Missouri Baptist church treasurer indicted

April 11, 2018

NEW LONDON, Mo. — A longtime deacon and church treasurer has been charged with two federal counts of wire fraud in connection with the theft

Reprint of ex-slave’s book opens ‘underexplored vista’

February 20, 2018

EDITOR’S NOTE: February is Black History Month. Reprinting a theology book by a former slave “offers a window” into the “underexplored vista” of African-American theology,

‘Godless society’ is to blame for mass shootings, father says

October 8, 2017

A Las Vegas shooting victim with ties to Alabama is expected to make a full recovery. Danae Gibbs, the niece of Charles Gibbs, pastor of

MTM names new executive director

October 4, 2017

The Ministering to Ministers (MTM) foundation board named Catherine M. Ralcewicz executive director Sept. 1. Key to her new position was her eight years’ experience

Perdue commissioned as ‘missionary’ to D.C.

July 27, 2017

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue was commissioned July 9 as a “missionary” to Washington by Second Baptist Church, Warner Robins,

Chicago church sues over zoning rights

April 17, 2017

CHICAGO — Immanuel Baptist Church, Chicago, has filed a federal lawsuit over the city’s enforcement of a zoning ordinance that won’t allow the congregation to