LONDON (ABP) — A Congolese-British Baptist who escaped death by firing squad in her home country three years ago is once again confronting the authorities to speak out against horrific human-rights abuses. Marie-Therese Nlandu Marie-Therese Nlandu, an attorney who specializes…
New polls show rising support for gay marriage, little change on abortion
WASHINGTON (ABP) – Abortion and gay rights appear to be decoupling as important dividing lines among Americans when it comes to social issues, according to recent surveys on values, faith and public life. Rising support for legally recognized same-sex unions…
ABP to honor founding chair at 20th birthday celebration
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Nationally respected journalist Charles Overby, who served as founding chair of the Associated Baptist Press board of directors 20 years ago, will be honored at an Oct. 21 banquet in Nashville, Tenn., along with other founders…
Black British Baptist churches reaching out to white working class
LONDON (ABP) – Black-majority Baptist churches in the United Kingdom are keen to reach the country’s white working class with the gospel, according to a Baptist minister slated to speak at a Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) multicultural event…
Leader: Rise of Hispanic evangelicals influencing immigration debate
ATLANTA (ABP) — The immigration debate has drawn Latinos into the public square more fully than ever before — and Hispanic Protestants in particular — Gabriel Salguero, a noted Latino evangelical author and thinker, recently told an audience at Mercer…
SBC leader’s critique of yoga sparks controversy among Christians
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A veteran culture warrior, described in a recent Christianity Today cover story as "the most prominent public intellectual" in the Southern Baptist Convention, admitted surprise at controversy over an article he wrote advising Christians not to…
Church revives Social Gospel
NEW YORK (ABP) – Metro Baptist Church in New York is neither very big nor housed in a very impressive facility. But the small, scrappy worshiping community and its associated ministry center have an impact far beyond its gritty urban…
Photo competition aids Haiti, honors Baptist photojournalist
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. (ABP) — A photo exhibit and competition sponsored by a church near Richmond, Va., will raise money for victims of last January’s devastating earthquake in Haiti and honor an award-winning photojournalist whose work illustrated decades of Baptist mission endeavors. The…
AU urges IRS to probe church; calls for end to National Day of Prayer
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A church-state watchdog group says the Internal Revenue Service should investigate whether a New York church violated federal tax law by endorsing a Democrat running for governor. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a group…
Video of women’s rights meeting posted online
ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) — Video of an evangelical women's-rights convention that this summer demanded an apology for teaching deemed harmful to women is now available on the Internet. Held July 24 in Orlando, Fla., the gathering of a small group…
Who are evangelicals?
(ABP) — When evangelist Billy Graham, social activist Jim Wallis, pastor Rick Warren, theologian Al Mohler and author Brian McLaren all can fit under the umbrella term “evangelical,” some theological and cultural observers wonder if the term has lost its…
Moderate Baptists uneasy about evangelical baggage
(ABP) — Are supporters of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Mainstream Baptist groups evangelicals? The answer is yes and no. Formed in reaction to the Southern Baptist Convention’s shift to the far right in the late 1980s and early 1990s, both…