The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

(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…

ATLANTA (ABP) — A north Georgia prosecutor says he will let a grand jury decide whether to bring criminal charges against undercover police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Baptist minister during a botched drug sting. The Atlanta…

ATLANTA (ABP) — A north Georgia prosecutor says he will let a grand jury decide whether to bring criminal charges against undercover police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a Baptist minister during a botched drug sting. The Atlanta…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — The Dec. 1 police shooting of suspected cop killer Maurice Clemmons has renewed allegations that, as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee paid more attention to preachers and professed jailhouse conversions than prosecutors and parole boards…