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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Budget cuts and staff restrictions in a poor economy are only a short-term solution for America's religious denominations, says an American Baptist official. Michaele Birdsall, treasurer and chief financial officer for National Ministries of American…

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Budget cuts and staff restrictions in a poor economy are only a short-term solution for America's religious denominations, says an American Baptist official. Michaele Birdsall Michaele Birdsall, treasurer and chief financial officer for National Ministries…

SAN FRANCISCO (ABP) — The same federal court that sparked controversy in 2002 by ruling that leading public-school students to recite the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional now says the pledge is an "appropriate patriotic…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Jim Wallis, a politically progressive evangelical and longtime advocate for the poor, said Christians should stop watching or listening to broadcaster Glenn Beck for remarks urging people to leave churches that preach "social justice." The Fox News…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Jim Wallis, a politically progressive evangelical and longtime advocate for the poor, said Christians should stop watching or listening to broadcaster Glenn Beck for remarks urging people to leave churches that preach "social justice." The Fox News…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Chilean Baptists’ top leader tearfully thanked Baptist World Alliance officials March 10 for the aid and support shown to her country since its Feb. 27 earthquake — and said that the needs and opportunities remain…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Twenty-five evangelical and Catholic leaders wrote members of Congress March 11 urging them not to let a dispute over abortion derail passage of health-care reform. Some pro-life Democrats have said they will vote against President Obama's proposed…

OSLO, Norway (ABP) — Uzbekistan has sentenced a Baptist arrested in January to 10 years in prison on drug charges that fellow Baptists insist are fabricated. Forum 18, a Norwegian news service that tracks stories about abuses of religious freedom,…