“So pray for the Gulf Coast, that the oil wouldn’t devastate a people and a land already devastated by so much. As you do, remember: real conservatives protect what God loves.” Russell Moore The dean of the School of Theology…
VITAL SIGNS: Seven things your pastor wishes you knew, but is afraid to tell you
The transition out of local church pastoral and staff ministry after 33 years on the job is proving to be a provocative, illuminating and sobering experience. Sitting on the receiving side of the pulpit is a very different way to…
OPINION: Can one painting tempt us to idolatry?
In the April 15th issue of the Religious Herald a reproduction of a painting appeared [“Artist paints Jesus at center of American history, public life”]. In this article I want to raise some cautions about this picture. The reason I…
Controversial cross at center of recent Supreme Court case reportedly stolen
LAS VEGAS (ABP) — A simple metal-pipe cross in the middle of the Mojave Desert that inspired a passionate Supreme Court debate about religious freedom has reportedly been stolen. The cross — successor to one first erected as a World…
Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan reports another run-in with police
OSLO, Norway (ABP) — A Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan who served 10 months in prison before appeals from Baptists worldwide spurred the nation's president to pardon him says police have visited him again. Zaur Balaev, who leads a Baptist congregation…
Liberty U. to investigate alleged untruths by seminary president
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Liberty University will investigate reports that its seminary president has misled the public in his testimony about converting from militant Islam to Christianity, officials of the school in Lynchburg, Va., announced May 10. Liberty Provost Ron…
Liberty to investigate alleged untruths by seminary president
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Liberty University will investigate reports that its seminary president has misled the public in his testimony about converting from militant Islam to Christianity, officials of the school in Lynchburg, Va., announced May 10. Liberty University Provost…
Kagan’s church-state and social-issue views not clear from scant record
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama’s latest Supreme Court nominee has an exceedingly thin paper trail on some of the legal questions most important to people of faith. But one thing is clear if Solicitor General Elena Kagan is confirmed to…
Website launched to link ‘missional’ Baptists in collaborative work
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — A website launched May 10 aims to become an online platform for churches, mission organizations, strategists and international partners to collaborate to share the gospel in the 21st century. "This was born out of a desire…
Court upholds mention of ‘God’ in presidential oath
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal appeals court ruled May 7 that a California atheist lacked legal standing to strip the phrase "so help me God" from the presidential oath of office. Michael Newdow, an activist who previously sued unsuccessfully to…
Website launched to link ‘missional’ Baptist churches, strategists
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — A website launched May 10 aims to become an online platform for churches, mission organizations, strategists and international partners to collaborate to share the gospel in the 21st century. "This was born out of a desire…
Grand Ole Opry moving to Baptist church
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist congregation will take its place as the "mother church of country music" — at least for a while — as temporary host of the historic Grand Ole Opry on the evenings of May…