Grand jury to review police shooting of Georgia minister

A north Georgia prosecutor says he will let a grand jury decide whether to bring criminal charges against undercover police officers who fatally shot a Baptist minister.

Memphis churches observe 10th World AIDS Day

MEMPHIS, Tenn (ABP) -- Two Baptist churches on a prominent corner in Memphis, Tenn., marked 10 years of observing World AIDS Day Dec. 1 with evocative reminders of the AIDS pandemic’s terrible toll on their community.

Book says nation watching this year's Lottie Moon offering

A Christian organization that tracks giving to religious groups says other denominations will be watching this year's Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, which funds overseas missionaries of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Clergy drop in poll rating honesty and ethics of professions

PRINCETON, N.J. (ABP) -- Americans' views of the honesty and ethics of clergypersons has dropped to a three-decade low, according to the latest Gallup poll.

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Baptist churches encouraged to invite a woman to preach in February

ATLANTA (ABP) -- Baptist Women in Ministry is seeking pulpits for an annual emphasis to promote and encourage women preachers.

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Texas cowboy pastor braving elements, hunger to focus on needy

Pastor Jason Norton is fasting 25 days while living out of a tent in order to raise awareness.

VAN ALSTYNE, Texas (ABP) -- Rain and snow don’t deter mail delivery, at least according to the old saying. Neither can they deter Pastor Jason Norton’s desire to help people in need this Christmas.

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Opinion: Migration as mission

(ABP) -- Baptist missiologist Samuel Escobar, author of The New Global Mission, contends that immigration in the 21st century can become a missions challenge for Christians in the developed world. He suggests that churches in the United States and Western Europe will face a threefold challenge:

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Carter says religion can help end violence against women

ATLANTA (ABP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter recently told the world's largest interfaith gathering that religion has a vital role to play in ending "the global scourge of discrimination and violence against women."

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Opinion: Socialism’s not the danger; corporatism is

(ABP) -- “I think Obamanomics -- no one is actually sure yet,” Zanny Minton Beddoes, the economics editor of The Economist magazine, explained as she struggled to define President Obama’s economic policies in a recent speech to the World Affairs Council in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Mo. Baptist couple sells dream house to live God-given dream

Jeanie McGown (at left) helps bless the new home to which she and her husband felt called.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) -- Keith and Jeanie McGowan were comfortable in their home just outside the Missouri capital of Jefferson City. Nestled on 2.3 acres, the home had all the features the couple would need to see them through retirement -- including being accessible to the handicapped.

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Rick Warren breaks silence on Ugandan anti-gay law

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP) -- After significant criticism of his previous reticence on the subject, widely known Baptist pastor Rick Warren spoke out publicly Dec. 10 against draconian anti-gay legislation pending in Uganda's Parliament.

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Grand jury to review police shooting of Georgia minister

Memphis churches observe 10th World AIDS Day

Book says nation watching this year's Lottie Moon offering

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