Let’s tell a new story: Juneteenth and the Fourth of July

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (ABP) – Two Baptist ethicists released an open letter Sept. 19 opposing “Christian Zionism” and its effect on U.S. policy toward Israel. As Palestinian leaders prepared to make a unilateral declaration of statehood before the United Nations…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – After 166 years as the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s second-largest religious body could be getting a new name. SBC President Bryant Wright announced Sept. 19 the appointment of a committee to study whether it is…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Americans who strongly believe God has a plan for their lives are most likely to believe God guides the United States through a free market — and they want to see the government get out of God’s…

WASHINGTON (ABP) –Fifty-six groups, including the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, sent a sharply-worded letter Sept. 19 asking President Obama to clarify remarks he made this summer about employment discrimination by faith-based groups receiving taxpayer funding. While running for…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (ABP) – An appeals court has refused to nullify a Florida Baptist church’s decision to switch from congregational to elder rule, saying courts can resolve disputes over church property but not matters of church governance. Several former members…