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Benjamin Hooks, civil-rights icon and Baptist minister, dead at 85

Benjamin Hooks MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Civil-rights icon and Baptist minister Benjamin Hooks died April 15 in Memphis, Tenn. He was 85. The former executive director of the NAACP was pastor of Greater Middle Baptist Church in Memphis for…

Apollo 13 and the gospel

By David Wilkinson 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…

Spring marks the 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,…

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’

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,…

Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian

Restored Voices Collective gets GRACE report on former board member

‘CatsOnACouch’ influencer sues over First Amendment rights

Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit