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Family missions involvement raises children’s awareness

DALLAS (ABP) — Getting a young family involved in missions might seem impossible, but there are several possibilities available to help children and parents serve the needy locally or overseas. Violetta Alvarado, volunteer coordinator at Buckner International, offered a number…

Death penalty opponents hope book about Texas case can help put an end to executions

NEW YORK (RNS)—Religious opponents of the death penalty hope a new book about a Texas death row case by a best-selling author can help their efforts to end the practice of state-sanctioned executions. Thomas Cahill’s just-published book, A Saint on…

Do churchgoers like Web porn? Not on Sunday, study reveals

BOSTON (ABP)—According to a new study, people who live in states with high church-attendance rates buy as much Internet pornography as their more secularized counterparts—but they are less likely to subscribe to an adult website on Sundays. Researcher Benjamin Edelman…

Ministries offer help for Christians with porn addiction

FRESNO, Calif. (RNS)—Every February, SouthPoint Foursquare Church reminds young members that “True Love Waits,” as part of a global campaign launched by Southern Baptists that stresses abstinence until marriage. A few days after Valentine’s Day this year, 80 teenagers and…

American Muslims a diverse group

WASHINGTON—Muslims in America attend worship services weekly just as much as Protestant Americans. Among the nation’s faith groups, they are the most racially diverse. And they’re younger: more than a third of Muslim adults—36 percent—are between ages 18 and 29,…

Presidential prayer effort proves to be bipartisan

WASHINGTON (RNS)—A national grassroots network that came together after the 9/11 terrorist attacks for the sole purpose of praying for the president has lost more than 25,000 members since Barack Obama’s election last November. But more than 41,000 new members…

Faith Digest: Faith lowers stress, research suggests

Canadian researchers have discovered strong religious convictions can lower stress and enhance the performance of basic tasks. A team in Toronto put 28 students through tests measuring both levels of religious observance and stress caused by making mistakes on a…

Groups oppose federal rule limiting books in prison chapels

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty is among several religious and civil-liberties groups objecting to proposed rules giving federal prisons more leeway to ban religious books that officials believe could incite violence or criminal behavior. Two…

Baptists help the hurting in aftermath of Alabama shooting spree

SAMSON, Ala. (ABP) — Baptists are reaching out in Samson, Ala., a normally sleepy town marred by violence March 10 when 28-year-old Michael McLendon allegedly went on a 10-victim killing spree before turning a gun on himself. "For this small…

Spankings of member’s child earn Baptist pastor battery conviction

ELGIN, Ill. (ABP) — A Chicago-area Baptist preacher avoided jail time after being found guilty of battery for spanking a girl he thought was lying about sexual abuse. Daryl P. Bujak, 33, was sentenced to a year of supervision, 80…

Global Baptists issue pledges at peace conference

From The 2009 Global Peace Conference Gathering together from 59 different nations, representing many diverse communities throughout the world, more than 350 people came to Rome Feb. 9-14 to participate in the 2009 Global Baptist Peace Conference. We came together…

Judge: Controversial home-school ruling hinged on mother’s church

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — A North Carolina judge, whose recent ruling that a home-schooling mother must send her three children to public school stirred national controversy, said in a written order March 17 that his decision was based largely on…

PNBC plans ‘Freedom Sunday’ this weekend

Christian nationalism is neither Christian nor patriotic

High court says feds can deny reentry to Green Card holders

BNG introduces ‘Bible Divas’ podcast