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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...

Christians can eliminate widespread hunger, advocates insist

DALLAS (ABP) — Christians must cast off fatalistic expectations that presume the inevitability of widespread poverty and hunger in a sinful and fallen world, urged one speaker at a national conference May 24-25 at Dallas Baptist University. Instead, they should…

Redemptive aid demands ‘kingdom collaboration,’ Buckner chief says

DALLAS (ABP) — Together, Christians can make a difference in fighting extreme poverty, but they must move beyond self-imposed boundaries and think creatively about how to work together, the president of Buckner International told a national conference focused on world hunger….

Causey retires from Center for Congregational Health

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Jack Causey, a fixture in North Carolina Baptist life for a half century, will retire from the Center for Congregational Health at the end of May. To honor him, the Center’s board of directors has…

Vocation: Claiming and being claimed

By Bill Leonard In 1836 a free black woman paid $38 to print 1,000 copies of her autobiography titled The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee, A Coloured Lady. It is the first autobiography of an African-American woman to…

Settlement reached in Eddie Long case

Church of Scotland seeks to tackle suicide rates amongst young men

Oprah’s Jesus Comments Reignite Faith Debate

Southern Baptists to review assignments of mission boards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention is ready to consider revisions to working agreements that will allow the International Mission Board to work directly with internationals living in the United States. On the agenda…

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North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell makes a point during the May 11 trustees meeting. (BP photo by John Swain) Tom Elliff, in his first trustee meeting May 20 as president of the International Mission Board, said the IMB…

Second Catholic sworn in as chaplain of U.S. House of Representatives

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Patrick Conroy was sworn in May 25 as House chaplain, making him the first Jesuit – and only the second Catholic — to hold the position, and the first candidate forced to navigate around the Catholic Church’s…

Second Catholic sworn in as House chaplain

BGCT Executive Board calls for renegotiated agreement with Baylor

DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted to take steps to renegotiate the relationship agreement between the state convention and Baylor University. At its May 24 meeting in Dallas, the board directed Associate Executive Director…

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