LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Mike Huckabee's role in the holy war that divided the Southern Baptist Convention was as delicate a balancing act as the one he's attempting now in his presidential campaign, balancing grassroots populism and right-wing conservatism….
Opinion: Who is the master of the house?
(ABP) The upcoming Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, with its promotion of religious liberty, raises the question of how as Baptists we ought to understand true Christian freedom. In recent discussions about Baptist identity, the phrase “spiritual master” has…
Update: Baptist pastor Gilyard arrested for sex messages to teens
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Once touted by Southern Baptist leaders as the nation's next great African-American preacher, Darrell Gilyard was arrested Jan. 14 for sending lewd text messages to underage girls. Dogged for 20 years by dozens of allegations of…
Baptist students sought to study U.N. Millennium Development Goals
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has announced plans to take 12 students around the world to see how missionaries are working to reach the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Sponsored by the Baptist group's Student.Go missions program, the…
Correction
Replace the first paragraph in the Jan. 11 ABP story titled “Zambian boy's ordeal shows slavery lingers, even in America” with the following: COLLEYVILLE, Texas (ABP) – Given Kachepa's father died when he was 7. He lost his mother when…
Gilyard, once darling of SBC elites, again forced to resign over sex
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Once touted by Southern Baptist leaders as the nation's next great African-American preacher, Darrell Gilyard has resigned from his fifth church over charges of sexual misconduct — this time with underage girls. Dogged for 20 years…
Zambian boy’s ordeal shows slavery lingers, even in America
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (ABP) – Given Kachepa's father died when he was 7. He lost his mother when he was 9. He ended up living with 15 relatives in a two-room hut in Zambia without electricity or running water. So when…
Sanctuary of Truett, Criswell may be replaced, pastor says
DALLAS (ABP) — The storied pulpit that launched the careers of legendary Baptist pastors George W. Truett and W.A. Criswell may be moving into a new building. The current pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Robert Jeffress, has proposed…
Christians in Kenya analyze violence, administer aid, as unrest continues
NAIROBI, Kenya (ABP) — Still-simmering violence sparked by disputed elections in Kenya continues to affect Baptist organizations and missionaries in the previously stable nation. Gunfire erupted Jan. 7 in Limuru, a small town less than half a mile from Kenya…
Attempt at dialogue with Muslims inspires further criticism of NAE
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The National Association of Evangelicals is under attack again from some prominent Christian conservatives, this time for its involvement in an attempt at Muslim-Christian dialogue. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler, former presidential candidate Gary Bauer…
Vietnamese Baptists to hold first general conference
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (ABP) — Baptists in Vietnam will reach a milestone when they hold their first legal national conference Jan. 10-12. An expected 400 people from 13 southern provinces and cities are expected for the meeting in…
New Hampshire exit-poll statistics muddy picture of religious voters
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary, each party's newly minted front-runner didn't score as well among voters — religious or otherwise — as they did in the previous week's Iowa caucuses, according to exit-poll data. Hillary…