New Jersey Man Admits Embezzling $1.2M from Catholic Church
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, then the assistant attorney general, speaks at a press conference in 2018 in Toms River, N.J. AP Photo / Wayne Parry ...
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Baseball loses one of its good guys as Rico Brogna announces retirement | Baptist Press
ATLANTA (BP)--The retirement announcements of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken created all kinds of hoopla in the media, and rightfully so, BPSports columnist Tim Ellsworth writes. Gwynn and Ripken are two future Hall of Famers, and their absence on the field after such remarkable careers is a big story.
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LifeWay’s ‘redirection of ministry’ puts church needs first, Taylor says | Baptist Press
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--A "redirection of ministry" is taking place at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Bill Taylor says churches are the focus.
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Holman Christian Standard Bible New Testament now available | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Although selected Bible books from the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) have been released in various forms since 1999, the newest translation made its debut recently with the release of the complete New Testament featuring devotional notes by Henry Blackaby. Part of…
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Golden Gate prof to lead church mobilization program | Baptist Press
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--Don R. Simmons has resigned from the Christian education faculty at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary to lead a major urban ministry program of the One By One Leadership Foundation based in Fresno, Calif.
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Groups urge assurances of rights for 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing | Baptist Press
OXFORD, England (BP)--Disappointed with Beijing's selection July 13 to host the 2008 Olympic Games, international human rights groups are calling on the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and others to press China to improve its human rights record before and during the Games.
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FIRST-PERSON: Good news and bad news about creating embryos for research | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP)--There is good news and there is bad news. First, the bad news. Confirming what we knew all along, scientists at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia, do not think it is sufficient to do research on human embryos that are "going to die anyway," to follow…
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Five Ways to Be Generous Even If You’re Broke – RELEVANT
God calls us to be generous. But what if you’re broke, barely making it through each month? Can you be generous when your bank account is hovering on
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Draper tells why he penned book on biblical authority | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"The key issue for Southern Baptists and every other group that is serious about the Bible is whether the Bible is really our authority," James T. Draper Jr. believes.
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Four honored alums recall beginning at Southwestern | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The far-reaching impact of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was evident in the ministries of the four alumni honored at the school's national alumni luncheon in New Orleans June 13.
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Faith-related colleges not inferior, Notre Dame’s George Marsden asserts | Baptist Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP)--"The time has come to rethink the premise that the best education is secular and that religiously based education is automatically inferior," George Marsden said in an address during the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools' June 3-5 annual meeting in Lexington, Ky. …
