LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) – The newly elected president of the Woman's Missionary Union knows how hard it can be to grow up as the child of missionaries. She did so herself. Kay Miller, who grew up calling Thailand home,…
Second attack on London won’t keep Baptists away, BWA says
DIDCOT, England (ABP) — “The congress proceeds as planned and our watchword is: 'In God we trust.'” With those words, David Coffey, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and incoming president of the Baptist World Alliance, tried…
Disaffected American Baptist groups see little resolution after meeting
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Leaders on all sides of the debate over homosexuality in the American Baptist Churches – USA see little resolution to concerns raised during the denomination's recent biennial meeting. “I don't think the biennial solved anything,…
House reauthorizes Patriot Act with only minor alterations
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives has voted to reauthorize a law that a diverse array of civil-liberties groups decry but President Bush says is essential to fighting the war on terror. House members voted 257-171 to renew and…
Canadian Senate OKs gay marriage, making it legal across nation
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Canada is now the fourth nation in the world — and the first outside of Europe — to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Canada's Senate gave approval July 19 to a gay-marriage bill on a 47-21 vote. The…
CBF to reconsider ‘Jesus’ language in controversial purpose statement
ATLANTA (ABP) — In a procedural about face, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will reconsider a recent change to its purpose statement that deleted language about Jesus Christ and evangelism. The revised statement was part of several amendments to the Fellowship's…
Bush offers conservative but popular judge to replace O’Connor on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush nominated a strong conservative, federal appellate judge John Roberts, to replace retiring moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court July 19. After the announcement, activists on both sides of the nation's cultural debates…
Opposite sides of church-state debate weigh in on Roberts nomination
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush's pick of a strong conservative for an open slot on the Supreme Court stirred strong reactions July 20 on both sides of America's debate over the proper relationship between religion and government. But, according to…
Conservative-liberal alliance urges review of Patriot Act, while Bush defends
Editor's note: This story updates one released July 19. WASHINGTON — (ABP) If some of the Patriot Act's provisions aren't allowed to expire, groups like pro-life demonstrators, defenders of traditional marriage and evangelicals who disagree with the administration's foreign policy…