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BJC files brief opposing sectarian prayer at government meetings

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty filed legal papers July 6 arguing that inviting religious leaders to invoke sectarian prayers at a North Carolina county's board of commissioners meetings is unconstitutional. The BJC filed a friend-of-the-court…

God hates flags? Judge bars arrest of Westboro flag protester

LINCOLN, Neb. (ABP) — A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the arrest of a member of a controversial Baptist church for breaking a Nebraska law against desecrating the American flag. A Westboro Baptist Church member pickets…

Praying on the Gulf Coast

By Jim Wallis The captain was the first to smell it. He told us that the ocean didn’t used to smell this way. Then we all smelled it. As we traveled further out over the choppy waters, it finally came…

The proper way to eat animal crackers

By David Wilkinson What’s the proper way to eat an animal cracker? According to the book Panati’s Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, the most popular order of dismemberment among children is as follows: back legs, forelegs, head and, lastly, torso….

Half a year after an earthquake, Haiti has a long way to go

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti is a country of conspicuous contrasts — a landscape both monochrome and vivid, and a people standing solidly, yet shaken to pieces. Six months after an earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince, the city remains a mess. Every fifth…

BJC files brief opposing sectarian prayer at government meetings

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty filed legal papers July 6 arguing that inviting religious leaders to invoke sectarian prayers a North Carolina county's board of commissioners meetings is unconstitutional. The BJC filed a brief of…

Evangelicals better than mainliners at retaining youth, researcher says

DURHAM, N.C. (ABP) — Evangelical churches do a better job than mainline churches in keeping their young people in the faith, probably because they invest more money in youth ministry, says a Duke University professor who studies characteristics of American…

Baptist youth fighting child poverty one penny and one mind at a time

VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABP) — While a penny can be exchanged for one’s thoughts, children and youth in Baptist churches across the country are discovering that it can also be exchanged for a greater awareness of child poverty. The nationwide…

Church claims funeral protests are protected

TOPEKA, Kan. (ABP) — A fundamentalist Baptist church known for picketing funerals of fallen soldiers argued in a U.S. Supreme Court brief filed July 7 that its actions are protected by the Constitution. Margie Phelps — attorney of record for…

Baptist church claims funeral protests protected by 1st Amendment

TOPEKA, Kan. (ABP) — A fundamentalist Baptist church known for picketing funerals of fallen soldiers argued in a Supreme Court brief filed July 7 that its actions are protected by the Constitution. Westboro Baptist Church members picket in Beverly Hills,…

Louisiana governor signs guns-in-church bill into law

BATON ROUGE, La. (ABP) — Louisiana will join six other states that allow people to carry concealed handguns to church, thanks to a bill that Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has signed. Bobby Jindal (U.S. Congress photo) His office announced late…

’20/20′ airs update on pastor convicted of murder

NEW YORK (ABP) — ABC's primetime news magazine "20/20" program aired an updated story July 9 about a former Baptist pastor from Texas convicted of murdering his wife and trying to make it look like a suicide July 9. The segment…

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BJC files brief opposing sectarian prayer at government meetings

God hates flags? Judge bars arrest of Westboro flag protester

Praying on the Gulf Coast

The proper way to eat animal crackers

Half a year after an earthquake, Haiti has a long way to go

BJC files brief opposing sectarian prayer at government meetings

Evangelicals better than mainliners at retaining youth, researcher says

Baptist youth fighting child poverty one penny and one mind at a time

Church claims funeral protests are protected

Baptist church claims funeral protests protected by 1st Amendment

Louisiana governor signs guns-in-church bill into law

’20/20′ airs update on pastor convicted of murder

Christians Debate Drugs vs. Discipline in the Age of Ozempic

MLB warns players about altering uniforms after Giants pitchers add Bible verses on Pride Night

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Y’all means all

Religious liberty ‘is not a sword to harm others,’ Laser says

The stories we tell define us

Whatever happened to heaven?