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

WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama will participate in a national call-in and audio webcast on health reform with religious leaders Aug. 19. Faith leaders made the announcement Aug. 10 in a conference call with reporters. It is one of several…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Baptists must relinquish the status quo in order to unleash God's power, participants at the New Baptist Covenant's Midwest regional gathering were warned. That may mean revising a concept proposed about a decade ago — creation…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — The widow of a Christian who was martyred by Muslims in the Gaza Strip prays for revenge, but not the usual kind, her friend Hanna Massad told participants at the New Baptist Covenant regional meeting in…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Since the church has abdicated its responsibility for providing health care in America, Christians should help and not hinder the government as it seeks solutions to the nation's medical crisis, a physician with experience in public…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — The plight of poor people depends significantly upon Baptists' determination to retain their spiritual legacy, an urban pastor who spent a decade ministering in one of the nation's poorest counties told participants at the New Baptist…

There is a scene in the book of Nehemiah where Nehemiah has inspected the conditions of Jerusalem and has called the people together.  He informs them of the situation as he sees it and then calls them to action saying,…