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…
Opinion: Care about politics? Begin with the church
Politics is intoxicating, especially in election season, and especially in a time of such high drama in this particular presidential campaign. In future weeks, I will undoubtedly be writing about the elections of 2008. But in this first offering of…
In death-penalty arguments, justices focus on lethal-injection procedure
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court, which is poised to decide if the nation's most widely used form of capital punishment is unconstitutional, seemed preoccupied with the mechanics of lethal injection during arguments in the case Jan. 7. The justices…
Time to revamp discipleship methods? Some experts say, ‘Absolutely, yes’
(ABP) — More than two decades after he helped many Baptist churches breathe new life into discipleship training, Roy Edgemon believes it's time to take a new look at how churches make disciples. In the early 1980s, the Southern Baptist…
Trial set for June as dismissed prof Klouda makes a life in Indiana
UPLAND, Ind. (ABP) — Sheri Klouda sparked denominational — and national — debate when she cried foul last year over her dismissal from teaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, allegedly because of her gender. Ten months later and anticipating a…
Wallace Daniel named provost of Mercer University
ATLANTA (ABP) — Wallace Daniel, a history professor and former dean at Baylor University, has been named provost of Mercer University. The position will become effective July 1. Daniel, a prominent historian, succeeds Horace Fleming in his post as second-highest-ranking…
Huckabee, Obama victories in Iowa spotlight religion in 2008 campaign
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Come-from-behind wins by overtly Christian presidential candidates in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses will put even more of the spotlight on faith issues in the 2008 election cycle, according to two experts on religion and politics. Baptist…
Buckner postpones Kenya trips due to political unrest
DALLAS (ABP) — Buckner International, a Baptist family-service agency based in Texas, has postponed two mission trips to Kenya in light of political unrest there, officials said. Ethnic violence Jan. 1 followed a disputed presidential election. Thousands of Kenyans have…
BWA officials condemn violence against Christians in Indian state
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Baptists and other Christians in an overwhelmingly Hindu state in India fell victim to significant violence during the Christmas holiday, according to Baptist World Alliance officials. Attacks began Dec. 23 in the state of Orissa,…
Kenya violence affects Wayland students
LIMURU, Kenya (ABP) — Several students attending Wayland Baptist University's Kenya campus have lost family members in the recent violence that has plagued the nation. School administrators are monitoring the situation to determine whether to postpone the start of a…
SBC presidency showdown brewing after Mohler announces intention
(ABP) — Evangelical scholar and seminary president Al Mohler will be nominated for the Southern Baptist Convention presidency next June, but he likely will face opposition for the prominent post. Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.,…
Queen Elizabeth II honors BWA president Coffey
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The president of the Baptist World Alliance became an officer of the Order of the British Empire Jan. 2. David Coffey, a Briton who has served as BWA's president since 2005, received the honor from Queen Elizabeth…