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OPINION: Apollo 13 and the Gospel

April 17 marks the 40th anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 13. It was a happy ending to a nearly disastrous and tragic mission. It was also a tribute to the bravery of the three-member crew and the ingenuity and…

Survey finds Africa is most religious part of world

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth — between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa. Religion is “very important” to more than three-quarters of the population in…

National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, judge rules

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A federal district judge in Wisconsin has ruled that the 1988 law creating the annual observance of the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. “It goes beyond mere ‘acknowledgement’ of religion because its sole purpose is to…

Spring marks opening of the ‘Church of Baseball’

ANAHEIM, Calif. (RNS) — Megachurch pastor Rick Warren stood on the mound at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., and delivered his Easter Sunday pitch. “Baseball is a game of numbers in which every player falls short of perfection,” said Warren,…

Survey: Africa is most religious part of world

Russia adoption controversy hasn’t affected Buckner program

DALLAS – Officials at Buckner International say the recent political furor over a news report about a mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia on a one-way flight has not affected the group’s “Angels from Abroad” orphan hosting…

Mohler equates ‘seductive’ post-modern preaching, liberalism

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist seminary president recently warned pastors and other church leaders about "postmodern" preachers whose sermons sound biblical but who don't believe the Bible is literally true. Albert Mohler Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist…

Author describes lessons learned from child with autism

CINCINNATI (ABP) — Now a nationally recognized author and speaker in the field of disability ministry, Kathleen Deyer Bolduc says she was unprepared to parent a special-needs child before the birth of her third son. Now 24, Joel has autism,…

Author describes what having an autistic child taught her about God

Church’s ministry weaves tapestry of love for international neighbors

WACO, Texas (ABP) — For 40 years, the Neighbors International ministry of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, has been introducing people around the world to one another, American (and Texan) culture and — most importantly — Jesus Christ….

J.C. Watts says Christians should repudiate extremist groups

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A former conservative Congressman and ordained Baptist minister says extremists like Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church and members of a Christian militia group arrested in Michigan for plotting to wage civil war against the United States are…

CBF teams with Mercer to provide prostheses for Haitian amputees

ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has awarded a $50,000 grant to Mercer University to provide affordable prostheses for Haiti, where thousands of people lost limbs in the January 2010 earthquake. The grant, one of several Haiti-relief projects announced…

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