LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Styling themselves after the famous Freedom Riders of the civil-rights era, a group of gay-rights activists is targeting Baptist and other Christian colleges with a cross-country bus trip that is part teach-in, part protest. The “Equality…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The body of a slain Christian peace activist, presumably executed by those who abducted him and his three colleagues, returned to his native United States March 13 in preparation for burial. The body of Tom Fox, 54,…

DALLAS, Texas (ABP) — Some of the top secular media who focus on religion have been named winners of the 2006 Wilbur Awards, an annual competition that highlights excellence in media dealing with religious themes, issues and events. Mindy Marchal,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The lone American among four Christian peace activists who have been held captive in Iraq since November was found dead in Baghdad March 9, according to multiple news sources. The body of Tom Fox, 54, was found…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Should Baylor University aspire to become the “Protestant Notre Dame”? And, perhaps more importantly, what can Roman Catholics teach Baptists? Since former university President Robert Sloan led the school to adopt its Baylor 2012 long-range plan…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In response to growing criticism of his “faith-based initiative,” President Bush touted White House figures March 9 showing growth in federal funding of religious charities last year. The figures give a different picture than a recent study…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Law enforcement officials arrested three men March 8 in connection with a string of nine fires at Baptist churches in rural Alabama. Benjamin Nathan Moseley and Russell Lee Debusk, both 19-year-old students at Birmingham-Southern College, said…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance found out March 8 their longtime executive would retire and the Baptist Union of Kazakhstan has decided to leave the international federation. BWA General Secretary Denton Lotz made the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Awhile back, 16-year-old Seth Landerfelt went to court for being caught out past the 11 p.m. curfew in Moody, Ala. “They told me to take out my piercings and cut my hair,” he recalled with a…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds (R) signed the nation's most sweeping abortion ban into law March 6, setting up a battle that could wind up in the Supreme Court. Rounds gave his assent to the so-called “Women's…

DALLAS (ABP) — After 30 years of serving on the National Religious Broadcasters board of directors, Pat Robertson has lost his bid for re-election. The loss came just days after Robertson canceled his planned keynote address at the closing ceremony…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A unanimous Supreme Court said March 6 that law schools, no matter how distasteful they find the military's anti-gay policies, cannot claim their First Amendment rights are being violated by a law that requires them to allow…