Associated Baptist Press - ABP offers new, revamped e-mail products and social-networking feeds

ABP offers new, revamped e-mail products and social-networking feeds

By ABP staff

Thursday, November 05, 2009

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) -- Associated Baptist Press, the nation’s first and only independent news service created by and for Baptists, is set to offer content through several new formats, its leaders announced Nov. 5.

The organization -- based in Jacksonville, Fla., and with offices in Washington; Nashville, Tenn.; and Dallas and Waco, Texas -- has recently launched information feeds on the popular social-networking services Facebook and Twitter. Beginning Nov. 9, ABP’s current e-mail product -- a compilation of stories now sent several times a week -- will be replaced by a news-and-content summary in a new format, to be delivered every business day. A revamped weekly e-mail news digest and a new breaking-news e-mail feature will also debut.

Subscriptions to the three e-mail communications are free of charge. Current subscribers will automatically receive the new or revamped e-mail products. New subscribers can sign up on ABP’s website.

“ABP is committed to delivering credible and compelling news about matters of faith through a variety of media platforms,” said David Wilkinson, ABP’s executive director. “Our new Twitter and Facebook accounts will also enable us to engage younger Christians -- one of our strategic priorities. And our new e-mail products will provide better formats and a wider variety of products to our current e-mail subscribers as well as those who sign up for ABP’s e-mail products in the future.”

The daily news summary will be renamed ABPnews. Since it began providing its stories via e-mail, ABP has sent online subscribers the entire text of the stories in the body of the e-mail message. This resulted in lengthy messages. The new version will consist of a summary paragraph about each new story with a link to the full text on ABP’s website.

Each edition will offer links to new content at abpnews.com, including news stories, features, article packages or series, columns, commentaries and aggregated links to news and opinion of interest published elsewhere on the Web. It will also be more visually appealing, including news photographs and graphics.

“The ABPnews format will provide easy access to much more information -- and in a much more readable and visually appealing format,” said Robert Marus, ABP’s managing editor and Washington bureau chief. “And all of ABP’s content will continue to be offered free of charge.”

The other new product, ABP Breaking News Alerts, will alert subscribers via e-mail to significant or urgent stories as events warrant.

And ABPnews Weekly, the third e-mail product, is the new name for what has previously been called ABP Headlines. The document, produced and sent to Headlines subscribers every Wednesday, is a digest of the preceding week’s ABP content. It is designed so church officials can print the document -- which is in PDF format -- and distribute it at midweek or other congregational events.

ABP’s Facebook fan page and Twitter feed provide links to ABP’s online content as soon as it is posted on the Web. Other information -- such as invitations for story ideas, links to ABP work featured elsewhere in the media world and information about ABP-related events and programs -- is also available. And both platforms provide forums for readers who are Facebook or Twitter members to engage in dialogue about stories with ABP writers, editors and fellow readers. Web viewers can also register online to post comments at the end of every story or opinion article on the main ABP site.

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Related links:

ABP’s Facebook fan page

ABP’s Twitter feed

Sign-up page for ABP e-mail products

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The Gospel According to Gushee
written by SolidRockBible, November 10, 2009

As usual the offerings of Dr. Gushee are the "gospel" according to him rather than that of the Holy Bible. Since this Healtcare bill has government funded abortions in it, does this now mean Gushee supports abortion? The Congress cannot go on spending money that we do not have to the extent that this continued path will ultimately cause our financial system to collapse. We spend over $500 million per day to pay the interest on borrowed government money. Look what that $500 million could do if we debt free! President Andrew Jackson was extremely worried that he would leave office with the government in debt. Does not the bible speak of extremes and excesses? With the total financial collapse of the U.S. government what will those on Social Security and Medicare do? It is not time for Christian people to stand up and bring our Congress back to financial responisbility? Have you ever heard Gushee speak or offer one such responsible comment? As to the enviroment, I am not sold on Global Warming, but I also offer that we should take some common sense measures to stop polution as well. Gushee is so far off on this latest article as he was on his article suggesting the the Church needed to "review" the acceptance of practicing homosexuals. Again Gushee completely avoided the Holy Bible and presented the "gospel" according to Gushee!

HUH??
written by Slick, November 16, 2009

What in the world do your comments have to do with the news release above???

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