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WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new survey finds broad support across party lines and religious groups for comprehensive immigration reform that reflects the rule of law and respects the dignity and wholeness of immigrants and families. Robert Jones The study, released March 23 by…

COVINGTON, La. (ABP) — A group of Baptist scholars who started meeting together to discuss theology in 1990 reflect on faith and friendship in a collection of essays dedicated to a member of the group who died in 2009. Fisher…

COVINGTON, La. (ABP) — A group of Baptist scholars who started meeting together to discuss theology in 1990 reflect on faith and friendship in a collection of essays dedicated to a member of the group who died in 2009. "For…

ST. LOUIS (ABP) — A five-sentence statement buried toward the bottom of a March 11 speech by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) has kicked up a furor on the state's private college campuses and left some students — including at…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Melissa Rogers, former general counsel for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and current professor at Baptist-related Wake Forest Divinity School, recently finished serving as the chair of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood…

President Obama greets and thanks members of the President's Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships during a drop-by in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 9. (White House Photo by Pete Souza) WASHINGTON (ABP) — After a…

SHERWOOD, Ark. (ABP) — A coach and principal at a Baptist-sponsored Christian school in Arkansas pleaded not guilty March 23 to a charge of sexually assaulting a former student. Tim Ballard Tim Ballard, 39, who is free from jail on…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Tom Logue, who led Baptist Student Union work in Arkansas for more than three decades and in retirement was founding coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas, died March 6 after an illness. Logue,…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — Tom Logue, who led Baptist Student Union work in Arkansas for more than three decades and in retirement was founding coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Arkansas, died March 6 after an illness. Tom…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist preacher who leads a national progressive interfaith organization has written leading publishers around the country to urge them to reject changes made to standards for teaching about social studies, history and economics in Texas. Welton…

ATLANTA (ABP) — As church members show up in new outfits Easter Sunday, pastors across America will preach barefoot in remembrance of the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King and to draw awareness to the more than…