When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABP) — An attorney asked the California Supreme Court Dec. 3 to hear arguments that the state officials should have been required to verify that Barack Obama was eligible to serve as president of the United States before…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Early on in his House tenure, someone lit a religious-liberty fire under Rep. Chet Edwards — and, despite Edwards’ position in the most Republican House district in the country to be represented by a Democrat, that fire…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The White House mailbox will be stuffed fuller than usual this holiday season as thousands of Christians in the United States send Christmas cards to President Obama pledging prayer for his efforts to broker peace in the…

CANTON, Ga. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist megachurch is at the center of a potential legal battle over the constitutionality of public schools holding graduation exercises in a church building. The Cherokee County Board of Education voted Dec. 2 to…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — James Lankford is typical of the many outsider conservative Republican candidates elected to Congress during the recent midterm elections — with one significant difference. He is also a Baptist minister. Rep.-Elect James Lankford (R-Okla.) Elected to the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — An international student ministry that partners with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a $750,000 Lilly Endowment grant to help theologically moderate churches discover God's calling for both clergy and laity. The grant will support a…

CHICAGO (ABP) — Marriage isn't obsolete, but it is getting rarer, says an evangelical social scientist who sparked controversy a year ago with articles in major publications making a case for early marriage. Mark Regnerus Mark Regnerus, an associate professor…