WASHINGTON (ABP) — After 33 years of trying, gay-rights groups got one of their biggest legislative victories in history Nov. 7. Some said the bill didn't go far enough, while gay-rights opponents claimed it would undermine heterosexual marriage and threaten…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) – Although the full Southern Baptist Convention is the only group with the power to unseat a trustee of one of its agencies, the International Mission Board's attorney said Nov. 8 the board has the legal power…

DALLAS (ABP) — Hundreds of thousands of people were driven from their homes in southern Mexico after that region's worst-ever flooding, prompting assistance from several Baptist groups in the United States. When more than a week of heavy rains caused…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (ABP) — In a rare move, trustees of a Southern Baptist Convention agency voted Nov. 6 to censure one of their own and effectively bar him from carrying out the duties of his office. However, reform-minded Oklahoma pastor…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The controversial founder of the Christian Coalition has endorsed a Republican presidential candidate known for his support of abortion rights and gay rights. In a Nov. 7 Washington press conference, television evangelist Pat Robertson announced he is…

JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — In 2003, Chuck Poole left the pastorate of Northminster Baptist Church to minister to the street people of Jackson, Miss., and others living in poverty. Four-and-a-half-years later, he is returning to that same pulpit — changed…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the Founding Fathers meant the United States to be a Christian nation, and more than half believe the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation, a national survey revealed. Produced by The First…

HENDERSON, N.C. (ABP) — The small Flint Hill neighborhood in Henderson, N.C., hadn't seen traffic like this in years. Cars and church vans packed into a small lot, bulldozers moved through the neighborhood, and dumpsters crowded the street — all…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — On All Saints' Day 2007, John Kerry talked publicly about his faith in a way that many of his fellow Democrats wish he had in 2004, when he lost his presidential bid to President Bush. But, Kerry…

In moving this summer from Union University to Mercer University I transitioned from a school that moves in the orbit of the Southern Baptist Convention to an institution that moves in the orbit of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. And so…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (ABP) — Baptists in New Mexico approved the largest budget in convention history Oct. 24, which will require a substantial increase of Cooperative Program receipts from area churches. “God's Purpose, Our Destiny” was the theme of the Baptist…

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Declaring that “the mission of God in this century of glorious mission opportunity needs as much unity as possible,” Baptist World Alliance President David Coffey is calling on his Baptist brethren in America to set aside…