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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...

Leading Baptist defends call for Weiner to embrace Jesus

David Wilkerson’s Wife Still Recovering After Crash

Houston Clergy Council opposes Perry’s prayer rally

Obama Praises Gabrielle Giffords, Calls Recovery ‘A Genuine Miracle’

Tony Awards: Trey Parker, Matt Stone React to ‘Book of Mormon’ Wins

Southern Baptists issued ‘1 percent challenge’ for Cooperative Program

PHOENIX (ABP) — A Southern Baptist leader urged pastors June 14 to lead their congregations to increase the percentages of their budgets for the denomination by a percent. Frank Page, president of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention,…

Southern Baptists re-elect president

PHOENIX (ABP) — Atlanta-area pastor Bryant Wright was re-elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention June 14. Wright, pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., received 95 percent of ballots cast. Wiley Drake, a former convention vice president,…

Speakers at annual meeting urge WMU to ‘Proclaim’ the gospel

PHOENIX (BP) — Missions leaders from across the nation proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ during the 2011 National Woman’s Missionary Union missions celebration and annual meeting in Phoenix. “Proclaim!” was the theme for the June 12-13 celebration, based…

Speakers urge WMU to ‘Proclaim’ the gospel message

PHOENIX (BP)—Missions leaders from across the nation proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ during the 2011 National Woman’s Missionary Union missions celebration and annual meeting in Phoenix. “Proclaim!” was the theme for the June 12-13 celebration, based on Luke…

Executive Committee recommends changes for mission boards

PHOENIX (ABP) — The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention voted June 13 to recommend to convention messengers meeting June 14 in Phoenix changes to working agreements that will allow the International Mission Board to work directly with internationals…

Church buys apartment complex for intentional ministry

GREENVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — While some churches try to figure out how to gain access for ministry in neighboring apartment complexes, Oakmont Baptist Church in Greenville, N.C., just bought the place. Now the new landlord is moving forward to establish…

Anthony Weiner and spiritual schizophrenia

By Jim Denison Had you heard of Anthony Weiner last month? The New York congressman has served in the House of Representatives since 1999, but most of us didn’t know his name before the lewd pictures he sent to at…

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