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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…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Religious-liberty advocates added their voices Aug. 26 to the thousands mourning the death of longtime Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy after a battle with brain cancer. Supporters of strong separation between church and state lauded Kennedy's longtime advocacy…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Religious-liberty advocates added their voices Aug. 26 to the thousands mourning the death of longtime Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy after a battle with brain cancer. Supporters of strong separation between church and state lauded Kennedy's longtime advocacy…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Scarce funding for public education may offer churches an opportunity to work more closely with public schools in their neighborhoods. That’s the assessment of Diane Smith, children’s-ministry specialist at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, who is…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Some American Christians may have written off public education, but others are discovering innovative ways to develop meaningful relationships with public schools. Over the last decade, the Exodus Mandate captured the attention of some conservative evangelicals with…

Ali Piran, a lecturer and laboratory coordinator in the physics department at Stephen F. Austin State University, teaches students about measurement as a part of his life-lessons class. NACOGDOCHES, Texas (ABP) — A church-based program in a poor part of…