CONCORD, N.H. (ABP) — Just an hour after the New Hampshire House of Representatives gave final approval to a group of bills legalizing gay marriage early in the evening of June 3, Gov. John Lynch (D) signed them into law,…
CBF-sponsored football clinic bridges racial divide in Louisiana community
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (ABP) — In early May in Lake Providence, La., two high school football teams met on the football field not to compete, but to help make each other better. The local private high school, Briarfield Academy, is…
Drake, former SBC officer, says he’s praying for Obama to die (updated)
A former SBC vice president told Fox News Radio's Alan Colmes he is praying 'imprecatory prayer' on President Obama. NEW YORK (ABP) — A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who on June 2 called the death of abortion provider George…
Some churches help Christians view culture through spiritual lenses
(ABP) — What does it mean to participate with God in “making all things new”? Many feel the answer to that question is key to the life and liturgy of the church. “We think of ‘creating culture,’” said Winn Collier,…
Broadway Baptist calls Brent Beasley as pastor
Brent Beasley was elected May 31 as next pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A historic and prominent Texas Baptist church that was subject to a highly publicized controversy last year over…
Broadway Baptist, under scrutiny over gays, calls Brent Beasley as pastor
Brent Beasley was elected May 31 as next pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A historic and prominent Texas Baptist church that was subject to a highly publicized controversy last year over…
Prayers mark 10th anniversary of Ouachita plane-crash tragedy
Ouachita Baptist University faculty member Cindy Fuller accompanies during a 10th anniversary prayer service held June 1 at the Arkansas school to commemorate the crash of Flight 1420. Fuller and her husband, Charles, were among the survivors of the June…
Baptist layman promotes ‘Say Something Nice Sunday’
CHARLESTON, S.C. (ABP) — For Mitch Carnell, the old adage — "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything" — doesn't go far enough. He wants people in churches this Sunday to actually say something nice. The church…
Former SBC officer says Tiller murder answer to prayer
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — While most pro-life leaders condemned the May 31 murder of a controversial abortion provider inside his Wichita, Kan., church, one former Southern Baptist Convention official called it an answer to prayer. "I am glad George Tiller is…
Former SBC officer says Tiller murder answer to prayer
BUENA PARK, Calif. (ABP) — While most pro-life leaders condemned the May 31 murder of a controversial abortion provider inside his Wichita, Kan., church, one former Southern Baptist Convention official called it an answer to prayer. "I am glad George Tiller is…
What fad would Jesus follow?
HOLLAND, Mich. (ABP) — Looking for a way to help members of her youth group use moral discernment when making life choices, a Lutheran youth minister in Holland, Mich., re-read a copy of Charles Sheldon’s "In His Steps," a classic…
Ethicists mark 75th anniversary of ‘Confessing Church’
ATLANTA (ABP) — A document written three-quarters of a century ago to protest rising nationalism in Nazi Germany's Protestant churches provides instruction for American Christians navigating through today's culture wars, say a Baptist ethicist and Methodist filmmaker working together against…