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

Note: This post is an excerpt from a chapter titled “Juneteenth” in the author’s forthcoming book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy, which will be published September 8 and is now available for pre-order....

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Traditional divinity program aids ministry in nontraditional contexts

Students who serve in nontraditional ministry settings — whether a postmodern congregation, a cowboy church or something in-between — benefit from the foundation provided in a traditional seminary curriculum, some educators and ministry practitioners insist. Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary…

Texas Baptists send $25,000 for East Africa famine relief

DALLAS (ABP) –Texas Baptists are giving $25,000 through a group of churches to help victims of the East Africa famine. The convention is giving $20,000 from its disaster relief funds and $5,000 from the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger…

Mark Hatfield remembered as champion for religious liberty

WASHINGTON (ABP) – Former Sen. Mark Hatfield -– an Oregon Republican whose Baptist faith helped shape his political views during nearly half a century in public office -– died Aug. 7 after several years of declining health. Mark Hatfield A…

New president believes in strong role for women’s college

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Two weeks after Jo Allen took office as the eighth president of Meredith College, the shrinking pool of women’s colleges blew drier as Peace College across town decided to admit males to stem its enrollment drop….

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RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Two weeks after Jo Allen took office as the eighth president of Meredith College, the shrinking pool of women’s colleges blew drier as Peace College across town decided to admit males to stem its enrollment drop….

Abuse confession raises questions of cover-up by Baptist mega-church

PLANO, Texas (ABP) – A Southern Baptist mega-church held up as an example for taking a hard line three years ago against a staff member arrested for soliciting sex from a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl now stands…

‘Send Me, O Lord, Send Me’ author Ross Coggins dies

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (ABP) – Ross Coggins, a missionary and denominational worker before switching careers to U.S. foreign aid, died Aug. 1 at his home in Annapolis, Md., after an illness. Ross Coggins Coggins, 83, was a graduate of Baylor University…