When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

HONOLULU (ABP) — Some of the globe’s most persecuted Christians found an international home when the Baptist World Alliance admitted the Baptist Churches in Vietnam into the global organization. The BWA’s General Council voted full membership July 28 to the…

HONOLULU (ABP) — Human effort and creative strategies lead to futility apart from an anointing by God’s Holy Spirit, British Baptist leader David Coffey told the opening session of the Baptist World Congress July 28 in Honolulu. Outgoing BWA president…

HONOLULU (ABP) — As many as 1,000 people who had registered for the Baptist World Congress this year were unable to attend because they were denied visas by the United States government, leaders of the Baptist World Alliance said July…

HONOLULU (ABP) — For the first time, the Baptist World Congress will be held in Africa in 2015, according to a July 27 announcement from Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam. Neville Callam (BWA photo) Speaking on the eve…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal judge in Arizona blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's new immigration law July 28, one day before it was scheduled to go into effect. The same day, faith leaders opposed to the bill and…

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina Baptist pastor said July 27 she does not understand why she was arrested July 20 for simply trying to attend a public meeting of a school board whose policy on integration she had…

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (ABP) — Israel's tourism ministry said July 27 that water at a spot traditionally regarded as the baptismal site of Jesus was "fit for baptism," countering claims by environmentalists that it is polluted, unsafe and should be…