Texas Baptists push to eliminate border violence
November 3, 2011
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — While drug cartels brandish guns and other weapons, Baptists are seeking to end the violence through prayer and the spirit of God,
Kentucky association deems church too Calvinistic
November 3, 2011
OWENSBORO, Ky. — A Kentucky Baptist association denied membership to a church after a credentials committee found its confessional statement too Calvinistic, according to a
Baptist agency closes retirement home after 57 years
October 27, 2011
DALLAS — A Texas Baptist multiservice benevolence agency announced Oct. 12 it will close a 75-bed facility Dec. 1 that offers assisted living, Alzheimer’s and
Woman admits embezzling funds from nursing school
October 27, 2011
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Missouri woman pleaded guilty in federal court Oct. 11 to embezzling more than $717,000 from a nursing school operated jointly by
Leaders of major Christian bodies gather with BWA
October 27, 2011
Washington — Leaders of the major Christian bodies met at the international offices of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) on Oct. 19. The Conference of
New budget set, NAMB relationships change
October 20, 2011
Members of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) voted to recommend a $43 million Cooperative Program (CP) budget for 2012 during their Oct.
Dakota Baptists thank SBC disaster relief volunteers
October 20, 2011
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The last of the disaster relief volunteers who responded to this summer’s massive flooding in Minot, N.D., ended their work on
Man sentenced in Tenn. church embezzlement case
October 20, 2011
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — A man convicted of conspiring with his mother to steal $1.5 million from a Tennessee Baptist church was sentenced Oct. 4 to
