When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

NAIROBI, Kenya—Seated beside a destitute man on the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, Andrew Judy wanted to bring a message of the hope found in Christ. As he walked away, the former Baylor University football player realized he had just received…

ATLANTA (ABP) — James Smith, president and treasurer of the Missouri Baptist Foundation, will retire from his position and will assume a similar post with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Foundation. CBF officials announced the hire Aug. 19. James Smith (CBF…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new poll released by the Pew Research Center Aug. 19 shows a sharp uptick in the percentage of Americans who are confused about President Obama’s faith. It also shows that a slight majority of Americans don’t…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — The top executives of two Virginia Baptist groups have joined other religious leaders in calling for federal recognition of six Native American tribes in the state. John Upton Cessar Scott In an open letter released Aug….

DUBLIN, Ga. (ABP) — Officials offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information about a fire that destroyed a Baptist church in Dublin, Ga. An Aug. 13 blaze destroyed the 50-year-old sanctuary of Dublin's Central Baptist Church. Ellis Carswell,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — One thing is settled in the controversy over building an Islamic cultural center near the former World Trade Center site in New York: There is no legal impediment to the facility rising there. But, say experts in…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A church-state watchdog group said a proposal by New York's governor to relocate a controversial Islamic center proposed in New York City to publicly owned property is legally flawed and should be abandoned. Barry Lynn, executive director…

HAMILTON, Ontario (ABP) — Clark Pinnock, an influential theologian whose spiritual pilgrimage led him from a fiery fundamentalism as a young professor to an openness that caused some to brand him a heretic, died Aug. 15 of a heart attack….

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) — A federal judge ruled Aug. 16 that a Missouri law banning protests at or near funerals is unconstitutional. In 2006 Missouri passed a law prohibiting picketers within 300 feet of a memorial service. It was…