When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...

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Royal wedding holds lessons on 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…

Tornado stirs up unity

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. (ABP) — Eight days after a tornado demolished much of their campus, members of Elizabethtown Baptist Church in North Carolina were cleaning up and thanking God for the unity among churches and neighbors the tornado spawned. Ironically, church…

Missouri church hit by Good Friday tornadoes

ST. LOUIS (ABP) — Disaster-relief teams and area school children already are assisting with cleanup after tornadoes ripped through portions of St. Louis on Good Friday. The National Weather Service confirmed on April 26 that four tornadoes touched down in…

Political salvation a dangerous aim

By David Gushee I am currently finishing a book on the sacredness of life — the idea that each and every human life is of equal and immeasurable worth in the sight of God. Tracing the history associated with this…

Alamo followers lose bid for parental rights’

Is religion in America in decline?

Methodists express repentance for massacre of Native Americans

Demographic revolution and the church

White House: Franklin Graham Made ‘Preposterous’ Charges Against Obama

The Word of God, in every language

The technological breakthrough of the printing press paved the way for the King James Bible to be distributed in a timeframe never imagined before. Technology is still playing a critical role today by dramatically accelerating the rate at which the…

Pastor tapped as NC editor

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) – North Carolina Baptists have chosen a pastor as editor of their state newspaper. Allan Blume The Biblical Recorder reported April 24 on the April 18 election of Allan Blume, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in…