When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) — The preface to the King James Version of the Bible captures Barclay Newman’s respect almost as much as the holy words the translation contains. Barclay Newman And the longtime translator for the American Bible Society is…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Supporters have called it “the book that changed the world.” Detractors have derided it as archaic and inaccurate. But few dispute the impact the King James Version of the Bible has made over the last four…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Like the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel’s “wheel in the middle of a wheel,” King James-only churches represent a resilient subculture within the subculture of American fundamentalist Protestants, some scholars insist. King James-only churches believe God preserved…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — When many readers describe the 1611 King James Version of the Bible, the word “majesty” tends to enter the conversation. It’s no wonder, according to Laura Knoppers, professor of English at Penn State University. The translators…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Translation of Scripture grows naturally out of a central Christian theme — God making himself known by identifying with the commonplace, said Lamin Sanneh, professor of mission and world Christianity at Yale University. Today, dozens of…

WASHINGTON (ABP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower-court ruling allowing Kentucky taxpayers to sue over public funding of a Baptist youth home. The April 18 order left standing a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

WASHINGTON (ABP) – It took 10 months, but on April 14 the U.S. Senate approved President Obama’s nomination of a new ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Suzan Johnson Cook Obama originally nominated Suzan Johnson Cook, an American Baptist…