When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

HONOLULU (ABP) — Today’s Christians need the Holy Spirit’s guidance, just like Jesus did 2,000 years ago, an American pastor told participants at the Baptist World Congress. Julie Pennington-Russell joined 26 other Bible scholars to teach Scripture lessons in eight…

Convention center in Honolulu. HONOLULU (ABP) — Baptists meeting in one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations were reminded July 29 that beneath the glitz and glitter of the tourism industry lie moral issues that call for a Christian…

HONOLULU (ABP) — To be true to their heritage and principles, Baptists must continue the fight for religious liberty for all people, insisted Denton Lotz, who received the Baptist World Alliance’s Human Rights Award July 30 in Honolulu. Denton Lotz…

HONOLULU (ABP) — A Canadian Baptist educator told delegates at the 20th Baptist World Congress July 30 in Honolulu that evangelicals in the West have tended to over-spiritualize Christ's mission to the poor and oppressed. Janet Clark, dean of Tyndale…

BELLA VISTA, Ark. (ABP) — Avery Willis, a former Southern Baptist missionary and administrator best known as developer of the MasterLife discipleship materials used around the world, died July 30, nearly eight months after being diagnosed with a rare form of…

HONOLULU (ABP) — An American missions professor who served more than two decades in Indonesia and an Arab Baptist educator from Lebanon emphasized the need to reach out in love to Muslims during a July 29 session at the Baptist World…

HONOLULU (ABP) — Baptists from across Canada and the United States examined seven key “shifts” July 29 that have had an impact on the North American Baptist Fellowship. The NABF includes Baptists from the two predominantly English-speaking nations in North…