ATLANTA (ABP) — The foundation Christ Is Our Salvation has given the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship a $1.5 million grant to transform CBF churches into “missional” congregations. To be a missional church, according to advocates, means to orient a congregation's entire…
No post-Sept. 11 revival, but attacks changed churches, some say
DALLAS (ABP) — The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States didn't produce the widespread revival some Christian leaders had predicted, but commentators believe the events of that day continue to affect church ministry. Five years after the…
Religious affiliations just aren’t what they used to be, report finds
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Americans may not be losing their religion after all, according to a massive new Baylor University study on faith in the United States. The results of the study by the Texas Baptist school's sociology department and Institute…
Americans believe in four Gods, Baylor religion study finds
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Americans believe in four different Gods, according to a massive new study from Baylor University. To be more precise, the study found that four different perceptions of God pervade American thought today. Researchers from the Texas school's…
ABP internship endowment honors North Carolinian
DURHAM, N.C. (ABP) — On a day Americans now associate with terrorism — Sept. 11 — leaders of an independent Baptist news service gathered to celebrate freedom of the press and a gift they hope will help further such freedom…
Baptist youth, 17, dies in fall during retreat in North Carolina
APEX, N.C. (ABP) — A Baptist teenager from North Carolina died Sept. 9 in an apparent accident at a church youth retreat. Ozzie Vargas Jr., 17, died after falling from a zip line at Camp Oak Hill in north Granville…
After 9/11, misperceptions persist about Muslim-Americans, experts say
SALT LAKE CITY (ABP) — Days before the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a panel of Muslims discussed media-perpetrated misperceptions of Islam and a “climate of negativity” in the United States — particularly concerning the war…
CBF, BWA join Ethiopian Baptists in relief for victims of flooding
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Baptist World Aid each have given $5,000 for flood relief in Ethiopia, where a local Baptist group is leading response efforts in the Addis Ababa region. Addis Kidan Baptist Churches, a convention…
Alliance challenges $34,000 fine for alleged Cuba violations
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Alliance of Baptists has filed a formal challenge to a Treasury Department fine for allegedly violating the United States' economic embargo on Cuba. Alliance officials sent the response Aug. 31 to the department's Office of Foreign…