Article about the online auction on ABPNews.com

Online auction to raise legal fees for custody battle
Associated Baptist Press
Bob Allen

The Dulins, who have visitation rights with their granddaughters once a month, filed suit seeking custody of the girls. More than a year later, with legal bills mounting, a group of friends stepped forward to organize a fund raiser through a “Justice for Kari” website and Twitter.


Donations of used items, services and cash are rolling in for an online auction scheduled May 21-22. Bidding will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, and continue until 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 22. Donations will be accepted until May 15, but organizers said making them sooner rather than later will help with cataloguing.  (read more)

Thanks, Bob for noticing this on the blog and letting the world know via ABPNews.com!

2010 - Memorable Quotes from the Associated Baptist Press

Worth repeating: 2010 -- the year in quotes
Bob Allen
Associated Baptist Press
December 22, 2010

"(ABP) -- Here are some of the more memorable quotes that appeared in Associated Baptist Press stories and commentaries during 2010. " (Read More)

The second most memorable quote of 2010 for the Associated Baptist Press?

"'Love trumps evil.' (Linda Dulin, telling her son-in-law Matt Baker, a former Baptist pastor convicted of killing her daughter in 2006, why she must forgive him.)"

Yes, Linda. Yes, it does. And it will continue to.

The 20/20 Buzz

There is much talk, chat, articles, blog posts and comments in the air as everyone anticipates sitting down and watching 20/20's update tonight. I thought I'd share some links here. If you find some in your local papers or websites or anywhere else, please comment on this post or email me and I'll include them here.

Was Pastor's Double Life Motive for Murder?
20/20 - By JIM AVILA, SUNNY ANTRIM and JOANNE NAPOLITANO

When asked by Crawford Long if Matt Baker ever told her anything about Kari's death, he said, Bulls confessed to an affair with the preacher and knowledge of his alleged plans to kill his wife. "'Yes, he told me he killed her because of me,'" Long recalled her saying.

Why Would a Popular Baptist Minister Murder His Wife?
ABC News Press Room

In an exclusive television interview from prison, ABC News Correspondent Jim Avila talks to Matt, the popular Baptist minister from Waco, Texas, convicted of murdering his wife and staging it as a suicide.

20/20 to air update on pastor convicted of murder
Bob Allen - Associated Baptist Press

He was indicted in 2009 after a female member of his church who first denied having an inappropriate relationship with Baker changed her story and told authorities the two were having an affair and that Baker told her he killed his wife so they could be together.
Crawford Long and Susan Shafer, assistant district attorneys in McLennan County, Texas, recently published a detailed account in an online trade journal of allegations by their star witness, Vanessa Bulls, that helped convince a jury to, on its first ballot, unanimously find the former preacher guilty of murder.

20/20 to air update on Matt Baker story
Christa Brown - StopBaptistPredators.com

According to investigators, Baker had also spent years living "a secret life as a sexual predator." Yet, despite multiple allegations of sexual assault and abuse, he was always able to move on through churches, schools and organizations affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.No one stopped him.Not until he was put on trial for murder did people in the pews finally learn about the sexual abuse and assault allegations against him.

ABC's 20/20 to feature report on Baker
WacoTrib.com

A 19th State District Court jury convicted Baker of murder in January in the April 2007 drugging and suffocation death of his 31-year-old wife at their Hewitt home.

Then there are countless websites that are posting about this that refer back to other articles, either AP, or ABP or the WacoTrib:

ReligionNewsBlog.com
BaylorInformation.com
Facebook - Texas Monthly
TheGospelNewsWire.com
BaptistPlanet.com

Judge approves $250,000 surety bond in Matt Baker murder case

Judge approves $250,000 surety bond in Matt Baker murder case
Tommy Witherspoon
WacoTrib.com

Baker Pleads Not Guilty; Judge Grants Bond Reduction
KWTX.com - Channel 10
There is a good video on the KWTX.com site. There is video and audio of Matt and also interviews and some explanations by Judge Strother.

Bond reduced for former Baptist pastor charged with wife's murder
David R. Wilkinson
Associated Baptist Press

Associated Baptist Press Story

Bob Allen with the Associated Baptist Press has written a great article about Matt Baker for their website.
Former Baptist pastor indicted on murder charge

"'Justice for Kari' bumper stickers are showing up on car bumpers as far away as France.

(Photo courtesy of 'Don't Even Get Me Started' blog)"

And here is another article by Bob Allen dated February 28, 2008 for Ethicsdaily.com:
Article Says Preacher Charged With Killing Wife a Sexual Predator