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

MADISON, Wis. (ABP) – A federal court ruled Sept. 9 that two Wisconsin public high schools’ practice of holding graduation ceremonies in a church did not violate the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. A divided three-judge panel of…

HANNIBAL, Mo. (ABP)  — Hannibal-LaGrange University President Woodrow Burt plans to retire next year. Woodrow Burt Now in his 18th year as the institution's head, Burt announced at the HLGU board of trustees meeting Sept. 9 that he will step…

ATLANTA (ABP) – Elected leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are seeking names to consider for a search committee to recommend a replacement for the moderate Baptist organization’s retiring CEO. Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Atlanta-based CBF since 1996,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) – The State Department released an annual report Sept. 13 detailing violations of religious freedom around the world. Suzan Johnson Cook Suzan Johnson Cook, an ordained Baptist minister recently sworn in as United States ambassador-at-large for international religious…

SHAWNEE, Kan. (ABP) – Many 9/11 speakers discussed whether America is any safer now than it was 10 years ago, but a Baptist seminary in Kansas pondered a decade later whether Americans are better people. Addressing a packed house at…