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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists will begin preparatory conversations later this year with representatives of both Orthodox Christianity and Pentecostal churches, aiming for eventual formal theological dialogue with both, a Baptist World Alliance leader announced July 7. BWA general secretary…

BWA commission urges Baptists to continue conversation with Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists must continue to engage Muslims around the world in hopes of promoting “peaceful living together,” a Baptist World Alliance commission concluded July 6. Developing a process by which Christians and Muslims can address and resolve…

Laughter makes worlds overlap says comic pastor

TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Humor is both Susan Sparks’ heart and her arms to embrace strangers and implode barriers that would keep them from Jesus. Susan Sparks The stand-up comic who is also a pastor and former lawyer embodies a…

The conversation no one wants to keep having

By Elizabeth Evans Hagan Baptist Women in Ministry recently came out with its latest report on the state of women in Baptist life. In the report, released at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship meeting in Tampa, Fla., BWIM reported that there…

Dalai Lama celebrates 76th birthday in Washington, D.C.

Can A Progressive Atheist Defeat the Democrats’ Family’ Man in NC?

Black Baptists look forward to fellowship at conference

Religion still matters, global survey finds

Pastor says God chooses who will be saved

PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist pastor told a California audience June 26 that the notion that God foreknew which believers would freely choose to accept Christ is false. Steve Lawson, pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala.,…

Burmese refugees joyful despite persecution, say visitors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance President John Upton was part of a seven-member delegation to visit refugees near the border between Thailand and Myanmar while en route to meetings this week in Malaysia. Upton, executive director of…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system

Harry Potter And Christian Theology

Diocese of Orange may bid on Crystal Cathedral

Global Baptists to explore talks with Orthodox and Pentecostals