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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Protestant pastors ranked Billy Graham by far the most influential living preacher in survey results released Feb. 2 by LifeWay Research. Protestant pastors polled by LifeWay Research named Billy Graham as the living preacher who has…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist seminary professor says the arrests of a group of Baptists from the United States accused of trying to remove children from earthquake-stricken Haiti without proper documentation could give a black eye to a…

DALLAS (ABP) — Food-assistance agencies nationwide serve 1 million more people each week than they did four years ago, according to a national study released Feb. 2. The nation’s network of food banks and related agencies provide emergency food to…

MERIDIAN, Idaho (ABP) — A mission team from two Southern Baptist churches in Idaho arrested for attempting to take 33 children from Haiti to a temporary orphanage in the neighboring Dominican Republic was only trying to help children suffering in…

Pam Durso ATLANTA (ABP) — February marks the fourth annual Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching, in which Baptist churches are encouraged to invite a woman to preach. Associated Baptist Press asked Pam Durso, executive director of Baptist Women in…

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University theology professor Barry Harvey took just two texts to a church's recent seminar on reconciling faith and science: the Bible and Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species. “Far too often, [discussing faith and science] generates…

(ABP) — Sermons on forgiveness often emphasize the Lord’s Prayer — “and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” But should Christians always forgive, regardless of circumstances? Is granting forgiveness always appropriate? “Yes — but…”…

Chris Carrier was abducted at age 8, assaulted and left for dead in the Florida Everglades. Chris not only survived the ordeal, but 22 years later, he told his attacker he was forgiven and lead the man to faith in…