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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,...

Koran-Burning Pastor Unrepentant in Face of Furor

Church supports mom jailed over daughter’s meds

Gender-neutral Bible drawing criticism

Women’s preaching emphasis breaks record

ATLANTA (ABP) – Supporters of Baptist Women in ministry hope that growing participation in an annual emphasis in which churches invite a woman to preach during the month of February indicates increased openness to females in Baptist pulpits. Tina Bailey,…

‘God Hates Fags’ church apologizes

TOPEKA, Kan. (ABP) – Pastor Fred Phelps said today the infamous “God Hates Fags” signs associated with protests by his Westboro Baptist Church are the result of a typographical error. Phelps said the signs, used thousands of times around the…

Another lesson from the Baptist battles

By Chris Hughes Baptist gatherings tend to raise some very interesting issues. At the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina’s recent General Assembly titled “Living Justice and Mercy,” leaders took on many pressing social issues in beautiful ways. But a…

Is the Bible True?

Women ‘Called’ to event at Hardin-Simmons

Group Slams Vietnam as ‘Worst Persecutor’

Security service, airlines tread carefully on religious expression

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Air travelers want to feel safe, and federal security officials want to make sure they actually are safe. If only it were that simple. Misunderstandings over religious expression have led to recent incidents that prompted apologies from…

Does God punish through natural disasters? Most Americans say, ‘No’

WASHINGTON (RNS) — We may never know why bad things happen to good people, but most Americans — except evangelicals — reject the idea that natural disasters are divine punishment, a test of faith or some other sign from God,…

God doesn’t punish through disasters, say most Americans

WASHINGTON (RNS) — We may never know why bad things happen to good people, but most Americans—except evangelicals — reject the idea that natural disasters are divine punishment, a test of faith or some other sign from God, according to…

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?