When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

GENEVA, Switzerland (ABP) — Global Christian and Muslim leaders meeting Nov. 1-4 in Switzerland condemned the deadly Oct. 31 attack on a church in Iraq and called for formation of a working group to be mobilized whenever a crisis involving…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — While performing concerts around the country, Dove Award-winning Christian recording artist Mark Schultz often shares his testimony and personal story of adoption in hopes of raising awareness for orphan care and helping young families recognize this…

GAINESVILLE, Texas. (ABP) — The people of El Arenal, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, have to drive three hours to Guadalajara for medical care. When that information came to Pastor Juvel Garcia and his wife, Silvia, of Primera…

DALLAS (ABP) — Baptist Standard Publishing has announced plans for a $5 million community called FaithVillage, an interactive Internet presence designed to provide Christian resources and a social network targeted to serve 20 million evangelicals ages 18 to 44. The…

MACON, Ga. (ABP) — Twenty-hour days in the face of desperate poverty, terrible diseases, sometimes-hostile neighbors and even tigers could grind down even the most faithful, but somehow, Leena Lavanya draws strength from her ministry to keep going. Indian Baptist…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Supreme Court case involving an Arizona program that funds private schools has the potential to change the way the law handles cases dealing with government endorsement of religion. The justices of the nation’s highest court heard…

MARION, N.C. (ABP) — A member of the board of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention’s newspaper has resigned to protest what she described as “pressure” on the paper's editor to slant the news. On Nov. 4, the Biblical Recorder published a resignation…

ATLANTA (ABP) — An organization seeking to encourage, advocate and network Baptist women in church leadership has begun recruiting churches to set aside a Sunday in February to invite a woman to preach. Raygina Beale was the Martha Stearns Marshall…