Al Mohler cozies up to Doug Wilson

Social media was abuzz this week with reaction to Southern Baptist Convention leader Al Mohler appearing on a podcast with Christian nationalist Doug Wilson. The mere fact of them being in conversation is the most notable thing, because what they...

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Warsaw Church travels to Standing Rock

Warsaw team members seated (left to right) are Faye Wade, Erin Robertson, Holly Bryant, Katelyn Kuykendall, Katie Robertson, Shelby Orlando; second row: Curtis Smith, Lillian Ann Smith, Mary Sue McDonald, Ruth Jessie, Bobbie Dugan, Lylean Orlando, Katelyn Welch; and third…

Webinars to discuss Christianity, evolution

FREELAND, Wash. (ABP) — A self-proclaimed "evolutionary evangelist" will launch an online series of roundtable discussions for Christians to talk about evolution and the future of their faith on Jan. 15. The six-part seminar, titled The Advent of Evolutionary Christianity:…

Project preps international students to change home countries

WACO, Texas (ABP) — After devoting years to counseling countless young victims of sex trafficking in Southeast Asia, Sok (whose full name, like others in this story, is not being used to protect his safety) had grown weary and frustrated….

Getting to know the ‘nones’

By Bill Leonard As noted earlier in this space, recent polls give evidence of a dramatic increase in the number of Americans who self-identify as having no religious affiliation — with their share of the population up from 7 to…

Churches mustn’t neglect the disabled

Mark Twain’s autobiography renews debate: Was he anti-Christian?

Televangelists escape penalty in Senate inquiry AP

American Baptists Asked To Pray For Sudan Referendum

Egyptian police guarding churches on eve of Coptic Christmas

Project compiles oral histories from age of lynching

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Eighty years ago, an 11-year-old African-American boy walked in the dark on an Alabama country road, listening for the sound of his uncle’s truck and waiting for a promised ride home. But someone else came along,…

‘Dateline NBC’ to air story of murder of Baptist minister, wife

NEW YORK (ABP) — The story of the murders of a Baptist pastor and his wife and the ensuing three challenging decades for their two children who survived the brutal home-invasion robbery is scheduled to air Friday, Jan. 7, on…

Appeals court: Calif. cross on public land unconstitutional

(Editor's note: The original version of this story, published Jan. 5, had errors in the headline and the first paragraph. They both originally stated that the 9th Circuit panel had ruled the cross must be removed. But the court actually…