News Articles by Drew Nichter

PADUCAH, Ky. (BP)–Not long after he wrapped up his Sunday sermon, pastor John Mark Toby got the call. Toby, pastor of Beacon Hill Baptist Church in Somerset, Ky., was deployed Feb. 1 to serve with the Kentucky National Guard’s emergency operations center in Paducah following the ice storm that crippled much of the Bluegrass State […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The ice is gone; the agony lingers, particularly in Kentucky and Arkansas which were hardest hit by the Jan. 26-27 ice storms. Three more people were added to the death toll Feb. 11, bringing the overall count to 33. Disaster relief crews, meanwhile, remain busy helping people clear downed trees and debris from […]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (BP)--The case involving state funding for a new pharmacy school at the University of the Cumberlands has reached the Kentucky Supreme Court.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Todd Deaton, managing editor of the Baptist Courier, newsjournal of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was elected Dec. 9 as editor of the Western Recorder, newsjournal of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Deaton, 45, has served in his role at the South Carolina newspaper since 1996. He previously was associate editor of the Biblical […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP)–The 171st annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention convened Nov. 11 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington with the theme “Sharing Christ with Urgency.” Kentucky Baptists hit their knees in fervent prayer, most notably following the message delivered by David Platt during the meeting’s closing session. Sharing stories of his experiences with […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–After an eight-year legal battle, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Sunrise Children’s Services (formerly Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children) challenging the constitutionality of the entity’s state funding. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Simpson III ruled that the lawsuit, brought about by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for […]