WASHINGTON (ABP) — Simultaneously pleasing his socially conservative base and overruling large majorities in Congress and the public, President Bush used the first veto of his political career July 19 to kill a bill that would have expanded embryonic stem-cell…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Angering civil libertarians and supporters of church-state separation, the House of Representatives voted July 19 to strip the federal courts of the ability to decide cases involving the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. The so-called “Pledge…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — As expected, the House of Representatives July 18 defeated a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage — for the second time in as many election years and after the Senate had defeated the same proposal. Known by its…

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (ABP) — Barely a year after he became dean of Gardner-Webb University's school of divinity, Charles Bugg has resigned from the position. Bugg, who assumed the position in June 2005, as dean of Gardner-Webb University's school of…

DALLAS (ABP) — Two prominent players in the Southern Baptist Convention's debate over alcohol consumption have taken it to a new forum — a major secular newspaper. On July 15, the Dallas Morning News ran an essay by Daniel Akin,…

BEIRUT (ABP) — Baptist personnel and organizations in Lebanon were reportedly safe July 18 but are asking for prayers from their Christian brothers and sisters around the world as they hunker down against ongoing air raids from neighboring Israel and…

Editor's Note: This article will be reissued later in two parts and in an abbreviated version. GILROY, Calif. (ABP) — Michael Stewart of California, a Baptist associational director who has crossed swords publicly with national Southern Baptist leaders, has been…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Thanks to a $1.1 million grant, a Baylor University center will be able to help local congregations learn how to do more effective social ministry. The donation, announced June 21, will go to the Baylor Center…

This is a rough, uncorrected transcript of an audiotape recorded and transcribed by the North American Mission Board. Harry Lewis: Let me just say I appreciate you gentlemen coming. As we said we are recording this and I am understanding…

In the June 29 story “Study counts 1,600 ordained Baptist women in U.S.,” please note that the 1,600 Baptist women recorded as ordained came from churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists, the Baptist General Association of Virginia, the Baptist…

BOSTON (ABP) — Massachusetts legislators decided July 12 to postpone voting on the politically charged gay-marriage issue until after the November elections. Legislators, meeting in a constitutional convention called by Gov. Mitt Romney (R), voted 100-91 to adjourn without considering…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Bush administration recommendation that the United States further limit humanitarian and religious aid to Cuba “flies in the face of religious freedom,” say many U.S. Christian groups, including the Alliance of Baptists. The Commission on Assistance…