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Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what our country should aspire to. The result was 82% of Americans across all generations saying they believe freedom is an extremely important value,...

Money and men convincing some Baptist schools to return to gridiron

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Money and men are the two main reasons several Baptist colleges are bringing football back to campus. Presidents of Baptist schools like Bluefield College, Campbell University, Mercer University, Oklahoma Baptist University and Stetson University believe merging…

Baptist race-relations pioneer dies

CLINTON, Miss. (ABP) – Richard “Dick” Brogan, a pioneer in building bridges between white and black Baptists in the South, died of a heart attack April 25 at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Miss. He was 73. Dick Brogan Brogan, a…

Vanishing mountains

By Bill Leonard Zeb Mountain, Turner Spur, Peters Knob, Big Fork Ridge, Millard, Cow Knob, Cherry Pond, Payne Knob — those are but a few names of the over 500 mountains from Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia that have disappeared…

Bin Laden’s death may ease anti-Muslim sentiment in U.S.

Artist yanks prints from ‘liberal’ BYU bookstore

Egypt Religious Freedom Violations Cited

Baptist church in Tennessee offers drive-thru prayer

As faith coalition for the poor grows, so does conservative opposition

Teen Challenge founder killed in car crash

Baptists collect more than 3,500 cases of water for wildfire relief

DALLAS (ABP) — Texas Baptist Men collected more than 3,500 cases of bottled water April 21-23 and have begun distributing it to firefighters and victims of Texas wildfires statewide. TBM put out a call for bottled water a few days…

Tenn. ACLU accuses school district of promoting Christianity

GALLATIN, Tenn. (ABP) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has filed a complaint accusing a county school board of violating the separation of church and state by promoting Christianity. The complaint, filed on behalf of parents, alleges a…

Royal wedding holds lessons about church-state separation, experts say

WASHINGTON (ABP) – Two American church-state experts say Friday’s British royal wedding holds lessons about why the marriage of church and state is a bad one. Anticipating nuptials for Prince William and Kate Middleton at London's Westminster Abbey, the Washington…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?