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CBF 2012 task force begins with listening sessions

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — A blue-ribbon task force assigned to study and recommend changes to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's structure has begun its work with a series of listening sessions for various stakeholders in the 20-year-old moderate Baptist organization. David…

A gap between faith and life

By Jim Denison The Pew Forum for Religion & Public Life recently discovered an alarming gap between faith and many critical social issues. For instance, only 7 percent of adults who take a position on immigration say that religion is…

Global Christians protest China barring nationals from conference

WASHINGTON (ABP) — On the eve of a global Christian conference set to begin Oct. 16, Christian groups in the United States and elsewhere are protesting the Chinese government’s decision to prevent as many as 200 would-be participants from attending….

Bonhoeffer and the power of story

By David Wilkinson For Eric Metaxas, a New York Times best-selling author, one story led to another. A few years ago a friend gave Metaxas a book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the brilliant and courageous German theologian, pastor and writer who…

Baptist campaigns for Congo crimes justice

LONDON (ABP) — A Congolese-British Baptist who escaped death by firing squad in her home country three years ago is once again confronting the authorities to speak out against horrific human-rights abuses. Marie-Therese Nlandu Marie-Therese Nlandu, an attorney who specializes…

New polls show rising support for gay marriage, little change on abortion

WASHINGTON (ABP) – Abortion and gay rights appear to be decoupling as important dividing lines among Americans when it comes to social issues, according to recent surveys on values, faith and public life. Rising support for legally recognized same-sex unions…

Facebook and virtual virtues

By Carra Hughes Greer Let’s face it: Facebook is quickly becoming a “community” of its own. For some, Facebook has replaced much (actual) face-to-face communication and has become a major means of relationship building. Whether we agree or not about…

ABP to honor founding chair at 20th birthday celebration

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Nationally respected journalist Charles Overby, who served as founding chair of the Associated Baptist Press board of directors 20 years ago, will be honored at an Oct. 21 banquet in Nashville, Tenn., along with other founders…

Black British Baptist churches reaching out to white working class

LONDON (ABP) – Black-majority Baptist churches in the United Kingdom are keen to reach the country’s white working class with the gospel, according to a Baptist minister slated to speak at a Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) multicultural event…

Leader: Rise of Hispanic evangelicals influencing immigration debate

ATLANTA (ABP) — The immigration debate has drawn Latinos into the public square more fully than ever before — and Hispanic Protestants in particular — Gabriel Salguero, a noted Latino evangelical author and thinker, recently told an audience at Mercer…

SBC leader’s critique of yoga sparks controversy among Christians

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A veteran culture warrior, described in a recent Christianity Today cover story as "the most prominent public intellectual" in the Southern Baptist Convention, admitted surprise at controversy over an article he wrote advising Christians not to…

Church revives Social Gospel

NEW YORK (ABP) – Metro Baptist Church in New York is neither very big nor housed in a very impressive facility. But the small, scrappy worshiping community and its associated ministry center have an impact far beyond its gritty urban…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war