Why you should care about the Second Baptist Houston lawsuit

LAGOS, Nigeria (ABP) — Baptists should engage in deeds of mercy and address justice issues and not merely verbally proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, two Baptist World Alliance staff members told Baptist leaders in Africa Nov. 15. BWA general…

PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) – Evangelical supporters of Israel fired back at a September open letter by two Baptist ethicists questioning theological and moral grounds of “Christian Zionism.” David Gushee, a Mercer University professor and columnist for Associated Baptist Press, and…

WACO, Texas (ABP) – Baylor University officials say a blogosphere storm over a course listing of “Homosexuality as a Gateway Drug” was blown out of proportion. Several websites and news blogs posted screen snapshots of an online listing for a…

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (ABP) — Missouri Baptist University opened a new sports and recreation complex Oct. 30 with a first-ever charity Albert Pujols All-Star Basketball Game. The first Albert Pujols All-Star Basketball Game, pitting Pujols' team of teens and young…

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (ABP) — From early churches springing up on the Atlantic from the seeds of displaced American slaves to the metropolitan Pacific coast, Canadian Baptists reflect their huge, diverse nation.   In the world’s second largest nation by land…

NEW YORK (ABP) – Southern Baptists who question Gov. Mitt Romney’s Christianity have more in common with Mormonism than they know, Yale literary critic and author Harold Bloom opined in a New York Times commentary Nov.12. Under an op-ed headline…