DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is entering a new relief phase in Haiti, moving families into permanent homes built from the rubble created by the Jan. 12 earthquake that left them homeless. The newly formed Haiti Housing…
CBF 2012 task force begins with listening sessions
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — A blue-ribbon task force assigned to study and recommend changes to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's structure has begun its work with a series of listening sessions for various stakeholders in the 20-year-old moderate Baptist organization. David…
Global Christians protest China barring nationals from conference
WASHINGTON (ABP) — On the eve of a global Christian conference set to begin Oct. 16, Christian groups in the United States and elsewhere are protesting the Chinese government’s decision to prevent as many as 200 would-be participants from attending….
Baptist campaigns for Congo crimes justice
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…