How Baptists helped end slavery in the United States

Ellenor Simmons, director director of the Crescent Alliance Recovery Effort, speaks at a May 13 dedication ceremony for an ecumenical rebuilding project in a hurricane-devastated New Orleans neighborhood. In the middle of the photo is Aidsand Wright-Riggins, Executive Director of…

DALLAS (ABP) — Parents of squirming children who cannot stay focused and who often end up labeled as “troublemakers” sometimes feel isolated — and maybe even unwelcome in church. Author Maren Angellotti believes they are in good company. The parents…

When family members gather to celebrate holidays and birthdays of 4-year-old Evelyn Rose and her 2-year-old brother, Daniel, reunions include multiple grandparents, aunts, uncles, Dad—and potentially three mothers. Although Brian and Kara Rose of Houston were at the hospital when…

HOUSTON (ABP) — When family members gather to celebrate holidays and birthdays of 4-year-old Evelyn Rose and her 2-year-old brother, Daniel, reunions include multiple grandparents, aunts, uncles, Dad — and potentially three mothers. Although Brian and Kara Rose of Houston…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Israel Houghton’s mother never expected her son would grow up to lead thousands of people in worship or become a Grammy, Stellar and Dove Award-winning recording artist.  In 1971, when his 17-year-old unwed mother found out…

Ed Stetzer speaks at Flourish conference. DULUTH, Ga. (ABP) — Younger evangelical pastors are less likely to self-identify as conservatives than older generations and more apt to view social justice as a gospel imperative, LifeWay Research director Ed Stetzer told…

Ed Stetzer speaks at Flourish conference. DULUTH, Ga. (ABP) — Younger evangelical pastors are less likely to self-identify as conservatives than older generations and more apt to view social justice as a gospel imperative, LifeWay Research director Ed Stetzer told…

HuntWOODSTOCK, Ga. (ABP) — Part of the reason Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt was ready to “shock the system” with a strongly worded call to a “Great Commission Resurgence” is that he and other leading Southern Baptist pastors feel…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Several Baptist denominations in the United States and Canada have established a formal disaster-relief network to coordinate efforts among the various groups, according to a May 13 press release from the Baptist World Alliance. Disaster-relief…

ATLANTA (ABP) — For one Cooperative Baptist Fellowship medical worker in Southeast Asia — whose full name and specific location cannot be used because of security concerns — her missionary work takes place on a riverboat that doubles as her transient home and a…

DULUTH, Ga. (ABP) — A member of President Obama’s advisory council on faith-based partnerships says pastors are key to winning the hearts and minds of evangelicals when it comes to caring for the environment. Joel Hunter, pastor of Northland Church in Lakewood,…

CAMDENTON, Mo. (ABP) — The Missouri Baptist Convention will try once again to reclaim the land owned by Windermere Baptist Conference Center — as well as property the agency once owned — by amending and re-filing a lawsuit that was recently dismissed. The…