PLANO—Persian praise songs resonated through the meeting hall at First Baptist Church in Plano as about 150 worshippers raised their hands and opened their hearts. They rejoiced in the way God’s Spirit is moving among Iranians, and they fervently prayed,…
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 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 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…
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…
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…