WASHINGTON (ABP) — The White House mailbox will be stuffed fuller than usual this holiday season as thousands of Christians in the United States send Christmas cards to President Obama pledging prayer for his efforts to broker peace in the…
Congregation at center of church-state dispute
CANTON, Ga. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist megachurch is at the center of a potential legal battle over the constitutionality of public schools holding graduation exercises in a church building. The Cherokee County Board of Education voted Dec. 2 to…
Rev. Lankford goes to Washington
WASHINGTON (ABP) — James Lankford is typical of the many outsider conservative Republican candidates elected to Congress during the recent midterm elections — with one significant difference. He is also a Baptist minister. Rep.-Elect James Lankford (R-Okla.) Elected to the…
Passport receives Lilly grant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — An international student ministry that partners with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $750,000 Lilly Endowment grant to help theologically moderate churches discover God's calling for both clergy and laity. The grant will support a…
Author: Marriage not obsolete, but needs restoration
CHICAGO (ABP) — Marriage isn't obsolete, but it is getting rarer, says an evangelical social scientist who sparked controversy a year ago with articles in major publications making a case for early marriage. Mark Regnerus Mark Regnerus, an associate professor…
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Passport receives Lilly grant for new initiative
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — An international student ministry and historical partner of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $750,000 Lilly Endowment grant to help theologically moderate churches discover God's calling for both clergy and laity. The grant will support…
Executive Committee merging functions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee will eliminate two vice presidents and merge its news and public-relations functions, Baptist Press reported Nov. 30. Executive Committee President and CEO Frank Page announced consolidations and staff reductions in…
SBC Executive Committee merging functions, including Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee will eliminate two vice presidents and merge its news and public-relations functions, Baptist Press reported Nov. 30. Executive Committee President and CEO Frank Page announced consolidations and staff reductions in…
Burmese Baptist refugees in U.S. changing Anglo churches
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — They were three fairly typical goals for a high-school student — to pass government and geometry in summer school and obtain a driving learner’s permit. But for Say Wah, these goals represented escape from oppression, an…
Church taking festive approach to World AIDS Day
OAKLAND, Calif. (ABP) — A Baptist church internationally acclaimed for its HIV/AIDS ministry is taking a festive approach to a somber occasion — World AIDS Day, observed annually on Dec. 1. Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif., planned a…
Christians join last-ditch effort to pass immigration reform for youngsters
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Christian leaders were among those joining a coordinated, last-ditch effort Nov. 30 to get Congress to pass a bill providing a path to legal status for the undocumented children of illegal immigrants. “Each year approximately 65,000 undocumented…