WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Senate voted July 25 to penalize those who transport teenage girls across state lines for abortions in order to circumvent parental-consent laws. The action is the first major abortion legislation the Senate has passed during this…
Cowboy churches offer familiar faces, familiar culture for lovers of the west
BOAZ, Ala. (ABP) — Mounted greeters wave to visitors from the parking lot. Blue jeans, a Western shirt and a cowboy hat comprise the outfit of choice. Saddles are welcome, and gospel karaoke comes from within the Sand Mountain Saddle…
Lead plaintiffs in Massachusetts case that legalized gay marriage separate
BOSTON (ABP) — The lead couple in the lawsuit that led to the nation's first legalized gay marriages have separated, according to news reports. Hillary and Julie Goodridge, whose names were listed first in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision…
Former Arizona foundation executives convicted of fraud, await sentencing
PHOENIX (ABP) — In what has been described as the largest case of fraud targeting a religious group, the former top executive and legal counsel for the Baptist Foundation of Arizona were convicted on multiple fraud-related counts July 24. A…
Correction
In the July 20 story “California church involved in NAMB controversy calls pastor after suit,” please change Glenn Moeckelmann's seminary to Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas. -30-
A Mormon for president? Poll says probably not; pundits not so sure
DALLAS (ABP) — With one Mormon looking like a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, it may be time to ask the same question Americans asked themselves about Catholic candidate John F. Kennedy in 1960: Is the…
Evangelical leader Engstrom dies; ‘enormous loss,’ says Dobson
BRADBURY, Calif. (ABP) — Ted Engstrom, the former president of World Vision International and close friend to prominent evangelicals like Billy Graham and James Dobson, died July 14. He was 90. Engstrom, who served on the Focus on the Family…
U.S. Baptist volunteers reach safety with thanks from Lebanese leader
BEIRUT (ABP) — As fighting between Israeli forces and Islamic radicals continued to decimate Lebanon July 24, groups of Baptist volunteers from the United States who had been trapped in Beirut were reported safely evacuated. The American Baptist News Service…
ANOTHER VIEW: Give him the glory!
(BP) — I firmly am convinced that Southern Baptists need to renew their understanding of who is in charge, of who has the power and who sets the agenda. This day, I call on all Southern Baptists to reaffirm that…
Interest in ‘closed’ country missions increasingly popular, mission boards say
DALLAS (ABP) — An increase in the number of Baptists serving in “closed” countries could lead to more incidents like a recent group from Texas experienced when they became trapped in Lebanon. As a result of Hezbollah military strikes and…
House passes bill attempting to intervene in cross dispute
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives passed a little-noticed bill July 19 attempting to make it easier for a controversial cross to remain on public land in San Diego. On a vote of 349-74, the chamber approved a bill…
As U.S. missionaries are reported safe, Lebanese Baptists describe suffering
BEIRUT (ABP) — As United States Marines began evacuating Americans in earnest from a besieged Beirut July 19 and U.S. Baptist groups reported their missionaries in the region safe, a Lebanese Baptist leader said his people's suffering would seem “quite…