To understand today’s SBC, listen to history

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Leading up to the major United Nations summit on climate change, a conservative Christian group released a report questioning the science, economics and theology surrounding calls to counteract global warming. The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 7 to hear a case dealing with sticky questions about whether religious groups at state schools can be forced to either comply with non-discrimination policies or forego the access to funding and…

(ABP) — Relationship is at the heart of the restorative-justice philosophy — restoring an offender’s relationship with self, family and community. Members of the Restorative Justice Ministry Family Service Center board of directors gather in front of the Community Mediation…

(ABP) – The woman sobbed quietly into her hands for a few minutes. Composing herself as best she could, she looked into the eyes of the 18-year-old. "I forgive you," she declared. "But you are going to have to prove…

(ABP) — Ministry to inmates’ children and spouses can help keep families together through incarceration and after release. Generally, offenders are placed in prisons away from home — often across the state or even in another state. Lynn Humeniuk, director…

OSLO, Norway (ABP) — A judge in Tajikistan has ordered a Baptist church in the capital city, Dushanbe, to cease meetings in a private home, saying that housing codes and a new religion law require houses of worship to register…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Five years ago, the neighborhood north of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, was a scene of broken windows, cars littering yards, lawns turned into weed-filled jungles and paint peeling from houses. But Hardin-Simmons placed a family in…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A Baptist ethicist says President Obama's Dec. 1 speech outlining his Afghanistan strategy did not satisfy criteria used by Christians for centuries to justify war. Robert Parham, pictured here at BCE's 15th anniversary celebration in 2006,…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Legendary Baptist pastor George W. Truett’s experience preaching to troops in Europe during World War I not only shaped his views about militarism, but also contributed to his growing conviction that only Christ’s church — not any…