ERIN ROACH/Baptist Press ROCHDALE, Mass. (BP) – At a celebration marking its 275th anniversary, Greenville Baptist Church in Rochdale, Mass., received a rare gift: a book from 1764 containing a handwritten note from the church’s founding pastor. The book, a pharmaceutical manual, was uncovered in 1968 when Ira Greenstein was serving as a summer camp counselor and in his free time visited a used bookstore in Springfield, Mass. He picked up the manual from a box of old books and bought … [Read more...]
Blunt Pleads for Ibrahim, Abedini
Sen. Roy Blunt (R., Mo.) on the Senate floor Wednesday urged the U.S. to protect the rights of religious minorities throughout the world. Blunt specifically called for the release of Meriam Ibrahim and Pastor Saeed Abedini, who are both jailed for their religious beliefs. Speaking about Ibrahim, Blunt stated, “I think asylum in the United States for her U.S. citizen husband, children, and her would be an appropriate thing. And the danger they feel they face by someone who’s willing to … [Read more...]
Huckabee in Israel, visits family of kidnapped girls
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has traveled to Israel and his first stop was to visit with the family of one of the three Israeli teenagers abducted nearly two weeks ago by Hamas terrorists. The teens, one an American citizen, were kidnapped as they walked home from their religious high school on Israel’s West Bank. Huckabee, a former president of the Arkansas Baptist Convention and now a Fox News Channel personality, is pondering a run for president in 2016 and is known for his strong … [Read more...]