How Baptists helped end slavery in the United States

OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — Oklahoma’s Baptist governor faces a monumental decision whether to sign or veto a Ten Commandments bill that some Baptist leaders say violates religious liberty. Brad Henry (PHOTO/Okla. Governor’s Office) Gov. Brad Henry (D) has five days to decide on the…

GROVE CITY, Pa. (ABP) — Racy Internet photos have prompted some social conservatives to question the Religious Right’s embrace of Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean as a model Christian. The Miss California USA pageant winner became an instant celebrity April…

Julie Merritt Lee, pastoral resident at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, takes over as pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Hendersonville, N.C., in July. HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina Baptist church has called its second woman pastor. Providence…

Julie Merritt Lee, pastoral resident at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, takes over as pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Hendersonville, N.C., in July.HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina Baptist church has called its second woman pastor — an…

(ABP) — When Macarena Aldape cleans a wound or treats a rash, her Banjara patients often ask her why she is helping them. The Banjara people’s socio-economic status often limits their access to health care, education and jobs with decent…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Conservative organizers of National Day of Prayer-related events expressed disappointment that President Obama chose not to mark the day May 7 in the same elaborate fashion as his predecessor. But some groups that support strong church-state separation…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (ABP) — A small Southern Baptist church near St. Joseph, Mo., is reportedly standing by its pastor, who is accused of soliciting sex over the Internet with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl. Robert Black, 40,…