At this VBS, a skit simulates a violent execution

‘Keep me a hundred years, and you shall find a use for me.” In 1885 William H. Whitsitt penned this line on the inside front cover of his secret diary. The diarist painstakingly and neatly recorded his activities and his…

Did you hear the one about little Johnny’s Sunday school teacher talking to the boy’s father, a deacon? The teacher good-naturedly approached the dad in the church parking lot. “You’ll never believe what happened in Sunday school,” he began. “I…

LIBERTY, Mo. (ABP) — Speakers challenged nearly 1,000 ministers and laypeople from several Baptist denominations and Midwestern states to become agents of reconciliation, collaboration and justice during the Baptist Border Crossing April 2-4 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The White House announced 10 new appointees April 6 to a diverse panel that will advise President Obama on issues related to government partnerships with religious and other community-service organizations. The appointments round out the Obama’s 25-member…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Army's chief of chaplains is being criticized for a proclamation calling for prayer and fasting on April 8, which coincides with the first night of Passover. The Jewish holiday — one of the faith's most important…

(ABP) — My first Bible was a red King James Version New Testament given to me by the Gideons when I was in the fifth grade. I took it home and read its first words: “The book of the generation…

DALLAS (ABP) — Parents must take the lead in guiding children to love and learn the Bible, but the church should help, according to specialists in children’s ministry. The process begins at birth, directing children toward God long before they…