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At this VBS, a skit simulates a violent execution

“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...

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Police raid Baptist home in Azerbaijan

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Baptist minority in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan continues to face run-ins with police. In the latest, reported by the Baptist World Alliance April 2, officials charged three Baptists with “illegally spreading Christianity…

Former Baptist pastor indicted on murder charge

(Editor's Note: This story was revised Sunday, April 5, to correct and clarify an earlier version published April 3.) Matt Baker was booked under arrest March 26. WACO, Texas (ABP) — A former pastor of Baptist churches in Texas was…

For the Bible tells me so

Last year, sacred music composer Christopher Teichler noted a disturbing paradox. The widely observed decline in biblical literacy among American Christians has paralleled a growing interest in developing new and enriched ways of worshipping. Some ministers are saying a bracing…

Baptists open center at site of Jesus’ baptism

AMMAN, Jordan (ABP) — Baptist leaders and other dignitaries  — including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair — took part  in a ceremony March 20 dedicating a new evangelical Christian baptism center at the Jordanian spot traditionally regarded as the…

Police raid Baptist home in Azerbaijan

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Baptist minority in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan continues to face run-ins with police. In the latest, reported by the Baptist World Alliance April 2, charged three Baptists with "illegally spreading Christianity and…

Baptists open center at site of Jesus’ baptism

AMMAN, Jordan (ABP) — Baptist leaders and other dignitaries  — including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair — took part  in a ceremony March 20 dedicating a new evangelical Christian baptism center at the Jordanian spot traditionally regarded as the…