GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — How can Baptists maintain an effective witness into their fifth century of existence? More than 400 participants gathered at First Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 9 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The controversy over California's Proposition 8 is larger than homosexuality, Kenneth Starr, lead counsel for a group set to argue before the state's Supreme Court in favor of upholding the ban on same-sex marriage March 5,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The controversy over California’s Proposition 8 is larger than homosexuality, Kenneth Starr, lead counsel for a group set to argue before the state’s Supreme Court in favor of upholding the ban on same-sex marriage March 5,…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (ABP) — A Baptist pastor and his wife returned from California to their Georgia home after failing to reunite with their two children who vanished along with their maternal grandparents 20 years ago. "I think they're kind…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (ABP) — A Baptist pastor and his wife have returned from California to their Georgia home after failing to reunite with their two children, who vanished along with their maternal grandparents 20 years ago. “I think they’re…

MELBOURNE, Australia (ABP) — Australian Baptists were responding Feb. 10 to what has already become the deadliest outbreak of wildfires in the nation’s history. According to news reports, authorities have confirmed 181 deaths as of the afternoon of Feb. 10…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Teaching the alternative to Darwinian evolution known as “intelligent design” in American public schools would require fundamental shifts in one or both of two things — the way scientists generally understand the basic philosophy of their profession,…

The philosophical evolution of Kurt Wise, a Harvard graduate who studied under paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, has placed him as the leading proponent of young-earth creationism.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — In his 2006 best-selling nonfiction book, The God Delusion, British biologist…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — If there ever were a chance that conflict between evolution and religion might die a natural death, it ended with the birth of the “intelligent design” movement. Just ask William Dembski. Educated as a probability theorist, Dembski…

INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — While many Christians view evolution as a threat to faith, a growing number of churches view Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his seminal work The Origin of Species as something to celebrate. More…

(ABP) — Two hundred years after his birth on Feb. 12, 1809, British naturalist Charles Darwin remains controversial. His theory of evolution became the linchpin of modern science, but a majority of Americans believe God created humans in their present…

(ABP) — Two hundred years after his birth on Feb. 12, 1809, British naturalist Charles Darwin remains controversial. His theory of evolution became the linchpin of modern science, but a majority of Americans believe God created humans in their present…