To understand today’s SBC, listen to history

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill (ABP) — The New International Version of the Bible is getting its first update since controversy over gender-inclusive texts derailed future revisions more than 20 years ago. Biblica, the new name for a company created when the…

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill (ABP) — The New International Version of the Bible is getting its first update since controversy over gender-inclusive texts derailed future revisions more than 20 years ago. Biblica, the new name for a company created when the…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP) — A state judge has ruled that Kentucky cannot legally depend on God to keep its citizens safe. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate ruled Aug. 26 a 2006 amendment to a law establishing the Kentucky Office…

BENTON, Ark. (ABP) — A former longtime music minister at a prominent Arkansas Baptist church has pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual indecency with a child. David Pierce, 56, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. An…

PITTSBURGH (ABP) — Edwin Tuller, who shepherded the American Baptist Churches USA through one of the most prosperous — and turbulent — periods in American and Protestant history died Aug. 25 in Pittsburgh, according to the American Baptist News Service….

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Singapore will be the site of the Baptist Youth World Conference in 2013, organizers of the once-every-five-years event have announced. The ethnically and religiously diverse city-state was selected because of its convenient Southeast Asian location…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Ana D’Amico, retired CBF field worker and wife of David D’Amico, died August 25 at her home in Louisville, Ky., following a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was 73. “Ana D’Amico was a radiant Christian,…

DeLAND, Fla. (ABP) — Douglas Lee, who in his 22 years as president of Stetson University piloted the school through the stormy waters of denominational conflict and onto a more ecumenical course, died Aug. 25 at age 66. Doug Lee…