DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – Present and past Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders gathered with CBF partners Feb. 23 for a first look at findings of a two-year study to retool the moderate Baptist organization formed in 1991 for a second generation.
Daily Archives: February 23, 2012
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The White House Thursday increased the international pressure on Iran to release a Christian pastor sentenced to death, as several reports seemed to confirm his execution order had been issued. The statement from the Obama administration is its strongest yet from the White House in Nadarkhani’s case.
Targeting a Baptist church in Jerusalem, vandals scrawled anti-Christian graffiti on its exterior, spray-painted three cars in the church compound and slashed their tires on Feb. 20. “We suffer, and then Palestinian Christians suffer as well,” said Al Nucciarone, pastor of Jerusalem Baptist Church. “That’s a fact of life here. […]
A former minister of youth and church administrator who embezzled more than $100,000 from the congregation is restored to fellowship.
Three Southern Baptist Convention leaders have penned a column on The Washington Post’s website saying they stand with their Catholic friends in opposing the contraceptive mandate, calling it a “blatant and outrageous encroachment on religious freedom.” “Despite our theological differences, we cannot remain silent while others find their First Amendment […]
A federal judge has upheld the conscience rights of health care professionals regarding abortion-causing drugs, ruling that Washington state’s Board of Pharmacy violated the religious freedom of pro-life pharmacists by requiring them to stock and dispense pills that can cause abortions and barring them from referring customers to other pharmacies.
Nineteen-year-old Grammy nominee Jamie Grace was one to watch as the nominees for the 43rd annual Dove Awards were announced Feb. 22.