MOSCOW (ABP) — Russian Baptist leaders have raised concerns about proposed revisions to the nation's religion law — changes they contend would greatly curtail religious freedom in Russia. Yuri Sipko Yuri Sipko, president of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists…
Analysis: Off-year elections produce mixed bag for religious conservatives
WASHINGTON (ABP) — While results of the Nov. 3 off-year state elections suggest that reports of the Religious Right’s demise are greatly exaggerated, the movement’s influence on election outcomes throughout the country was rather mixed. Religious Right-backed candidates won Virginia’s…
Russian Baptists alarmed by proposed changes to religion law
MOSCOW (ABP) — Russian Baptist leaders have raised concerns about proposed revisions to the nation's religion law — changes they contend would greatly curtail religious freedom in Russia. Yuri Sipko, president of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists wrote Russian…
BMS World Mission writes prime minister about global warming
DIDCOT, England (ABP) — The urgent need for action on global climate change has caused a 217-year-old British Baptist missionary-sending organization to write what its leaders believe to be the group's first-ever open letter to a prime minister. BMS World…
Christians called to theology of creation care
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — American Christians must move beyond a theology of “me” to a theology of “we” in order to play a meaningful role in creation care, according to speakers at a two-day conference recently held Oct. 29-31 on…
Merritt, Gushee: On creation care, evangelicals must move toward ‘we’
MACON, Ga. (ABP) — American Christians must move beyond a theology of “me” to a theology of “we” in order to play a meaningful role in creation care, according to speakers at a two-day conference recently held Oct. 29-31 on…
The Shack author, at Gardner-Webb, says book’s success is ‘God thing’
Young BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (ABP) — William Paul Young, author of the best-selling book The Shack, told Baptist college students Oct. 31 that his novel’s remarkable success was a “God thing.” Speaking during homecoming festivities at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling…
The Shack author describes success as ‘God thing’
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (ABP) — William Paul Young, author of the blockbuster best-selling book The Shack, told Baptist college students Oct. 31 that his novel’s remarkable success was a “God thing.” Speaking during homecoming festivities at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling…
Bad marriage ‘not an excuse for sin,’ speaker tells seminary women
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A Boyce College instructor told women at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary that a bad marriage is "not an excuse for sin," and in a worst-case scenario a submissive wife might be forced to "suffer wrong." "In…
First Baptist Church Dallas launches $130 million building project
First Baptist Church is hoping to raise $130 million over three years to pay for its new building. DALLAS (ABP) — First Baptist Church in Dallas have launched what leaders said will be the largest church-building campaign in modern history,…
First Baptist Church Dallas launches $130 million building project
First Baptist Church is hoping to raise $130 million over three years to pay for its new building. DALLAS (ABP) — First Baptist Church in Dallas has launched what leaders say will be the largest church-building campaign in modern history…
Former pastor in Texas, Illinois gets 50 years for sexual assault
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A former pastor of Southern Baptist churches in Illinois and Texas has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assault of a minor. Frank Brown Frank Brown, 45, resigned as pastor…