WASHINGTON (ABP) — Americans believe in four different Gods, according to a massive new study from Baylor University. To be more precise, the study found that four different perceptions of God pervade American thought today. Researchers from the Texas school's…
ABP internship endowment honors North Carolinian
DURHAM, N.C. (ABP) — On a day Americans now associate with terrorism — Sept. 11 — leaders of an independent Baptist news service gathered to celebrate freedom of the press and a gift they hope will help further such freedom…
Baptist youth, 17, dies in fall during retreat in North Carolina
APEX, N.C. (ABP) — A Baptist teenager from North Carolina died Sept. 9 in an apparent accident at a church youth retreat. Ozzie Vargas Jr., 17, died after falling from a zip line at Camp Oak Hill in north Granville…
After 9/11, misperceptions persist about Muslim-Americans, experts say
SALT LAKE CITY (ABP) — Days before the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a panel of Muslims discussed media-perpetrated misperceptions of Islam and a “climate of negativity” in the United States — particularly concerning the war…
CBF, BWA join Ethiopian Baptists in relief for victims of flooding
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Baptist World Aid each have given $5,000 for flood relief in Ethiopia, where a local Baptist group is leading response efforts in the Addis Ababa region. Addis Kidan Baptist Churches, a convention…
Alliance challenges $34,000 fine for alleged Cuba violations
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Alliance of Baptists has filed a formal challenge to a Treasury Department fine for allegedly violating the United States' economic embargo on Cuba. Alliance officials sent the response Aug. 31 to the department's Office of Foreign…
House bill would make it harder to sue over church-state separation
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Some members of Congress want to make it harder for citizens to sue the government over religious-liberty abuses. If a House panel has its way, groups that win federal cases against the government for violating church-state separation…
CBF awards 80 scholarships to 2006-2007 seminarians
ATLANTA (ABP) — Eighty students at 11 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship partner schools have received scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. The scholarships are designed for students with CBF ties going to seminaries or divinity schools that train future church leaders….
Katrina, Iraq war reveal weaknesses in U.S., National Baptist pres says
DALLAS (ABP) — Two esteemed institutions — the United States and the church –appear in danger of abandoning the high ideals of their founding documents, the president of the nation's largest African-American Baptist group said. “A haunting shade hangs over…
National Baptist speakers criticize prosperity gospel, ‘seeker’ churches
DALLAS (ABP) — Speaking to a late-afternoon audience of more than 1,000, former Southern Baptist Convention president Jimmy Allen told the nation's largest African-American Baptist group that media promotion of a “prosperity gospel” is deluging modern-day churches — and driving…
Tennessee teen’s witness continues more than a month after his death
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — “If it means me dying and lost people coming to know Christ, I'd die.” Those words were spoken by 16-year-old Nathan Johnson at summer camp, just weeks before he lost his life in a car accident….
Views of Islam differ with politics, faith, geography, scholars say
(ABP) — Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Allah and the Father of Jesus are nothing alike. Jihad means an inner struggle to obey God's will. Jihad means waging war on infidels. Muslims support human rights. Muslims practice oppression…