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

HOUSTON (ABP) — A Baptist church will serve as host site to an ecumenical event formed in response to “The Response”—the prayer rally Gov. Rick Perry initiated at Houston's Reliant Stadium. Americans United for Separation of Church & State and…

WASHINGTON (ABP) – About 200 representatives from college, university and theology school campuses visited the White House Aug. 3 to kick off a year-long program of interfaith community service. Announced in March, the President’s Interfaith and Community Campus Challenge invited…

WACO, Texas (ABP) – Joel Gregory compares commenting on sermons to raising political questions at a holiday meal among extended family. Still, the professor of preaching at George W. Truett Theological Seminary shouldered the risky task of critiquing 24 sermons…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) – A North Carolina county commission is expected to appeal a decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said its policy on opening meetings with prayer violates the Constitution. A three-judge panel voted 2-1…