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Taxpayer-funded By Dawn’s Early Light woos Trump’s evangelical base

Democratic presidents have targeted Christians and attacked religious freedom for decades, but President Donald Trump is making everything right, claims By Dawn’s Early Light, a taxpayer-funded movie starring Trump administration officials that praises the president’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian...

US Baptists building bridges in China through basketball clinics

XI’AN, China (ABP) — Coordinating their efforts through the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and the local YMCA, a group from Virginia and both Carolinas led basketball clinics in July for youth in the central Chinese city of Xi’an (pronounced She-awn)….

Forgiving a murderer

By Jim Denison Mark Stroman watched 208 people walk past him to be executed. On July 20 his turn came when he was put to death by lethal injection. What makes his case unique is the fact that a man…

Most don’t know Romney’s Mormon, Obama’s Christian

Pastor’s Prayer for ‘Smokin’ Hot Wife’ at NASCAR Draws Church Fans

Mid-Atlantic Baptists building bridges in China through basketball clinics

XI’AN, China — Coordinating their efforts through the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and the local YMCA, a team of athletes from Baptist churches in Virginia and both Carolinas led basketball clinics in July for youth in the central Chinese city…

China Christian Council confirms continued ties with Virginia Baptists

SHANGHAI, China — A leader of the China Christian Council — the official organization of Protestant churches in China — affirmed the group’s continuing commitment to strong ties with the Baptist General Association of Virginia during a meeting with BGAV…

Was the World Powerless to Stop Amy Winehouse?

Could Same-Sex Marriage Benefit Traditional Marriage?

Norway suspect sought ‘Christian war’ against Islam

Hall announces retirement; Reyes named Buckner CEO

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — Ken Hall, chief executive officer of Buckner International since 1994, announced his retirement from the Dallas-based organization during a July 22 meeting of the board of trustees. His retirement is effective April 30, 2012, when President…

Opinion: Walk out of your way

Colleen Burroughs (ABP) — As our group of 22 boarded a plane to return home from Malawi this week, organized protests began making world news. Malawians had grown tired of petrol shortages, the rising cost of commodities and perceived government…

Author seeks stories of ‘exiled’ young adult Baptists

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (ABP) – A Western Kentucky University professor is seeking contributors for an upcoming book detailing moderate responses to the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1980s. Carl Kell’s 2006 Exiled: Voices of the Southern…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit