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WASHINGTON (ABP) — An independent government panel that monitors global religious-freedom conditions thanked the State Department for its latest comprehensive report on the subject Oct. 26, but said the administration could move more boldly to protect freedom of conscience in…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says the West should be wary of any commitment by Iran to reduce its ability to build nuclear weapons. "Iran has a long history…

JAY, Okla. (ABP) — A former Southern Baptist pastor in Oklahoma has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after confessing to sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl who attended his church. Josh Spires, 28, confessed to an "inappropriate, unlawful…

ANNA, Ill. (ABP) — Two women severely beaten in an attack at a small-town Baptist church continue to recover from their injuries while neighbors rally to support them. Residents of Anna, Ill., a town of about 5,000 people in the…

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — Associated Baptist Press presented its inaugural Greg Warner Lifetime Achievement Award in Religious Journalism to the long-time executive editor of the independent news service who was forced by health issues to step down last year. "This…

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — Associated Baptist Press presented its inaugural Greg Warner Lifetime Achievement Award in Religious Journalism to the long-time executive editor of the independent news service, forced by health issues to step down last year. Greg Warner accepts…

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will stress community at the organization's 20th General Assembly June 24-25, 2010, in Charlotte, N.C. Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Atlanta-based CBF, told members of the group's national Coordinating Council Oct….

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will stress community at the organization's 20th General Assembly June 24-25, 2010, in Charlotte, N.C. Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Atlanta-based CBF, told members of the group's national Coordinating Council Oct….

KERENS—Fire burned down most of the facilities of First Baptist Church in Kerens Oct. 18. The blaze incinerated the sanctuary, children’s area, nursery, office and library. Only the youth and education building remains standing. “Everything was completely destroyed,” Pastor Wes…