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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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Baptist pastor accused of setting fire to church

BELTON, S.C. (ABP) — A Southern Baptist pastor in South Carolina is facing arson charges after allegedly setting fire to his own church building March 8. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced March 9 the arrest of Christopher Daniels,…

Leaving Alabama

By James Green Somerville I was born on March 14, 1959, in Selma, Alabama. My mother tells me I was the most difficult of all her babies to deliver, and that while she was waiting for me to make up…

Obama ends restrictions on embryonic stem-cell study

WASHINGTON (ABP)—With a March 9 executive order, President Obama made official what many scientists had long anticipated—and many religious conservatives had long feared—lifting his predecessor’s ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. “In recent years, when it comes to…

Obama ends Bush restrictions on embryonic stem-cell study

WASHINGTON (ABP) — With a March 9 executive order, President Obama made official what many scientists had long anticipated — and many religious conservatives had long feared — lifting his predecessor’s effective ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research….

Baptists getting older, study says

HARTFORD, Conn. (ABP) — Baptists may be the grayest of any major religious group in America, according to a study released March 9 by Trinity College of Connecticut. The 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, the third set of data in…

Seminary honors Hinson for 50 years of teaching

Kentucky Baptist Seminary honored Glenn Hinson with a book of letters and drawing by Ike Moody to honor Hinson's 50 years as a teacher. LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — The Baptist Seminary of Kentucky honored one of its founding professors for…

Whither — or wither — conservatism?

By Benjamin Cole Last month, I joined more than 8,000 other conservatives from across the country for the annual gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. Throughout its three-day program, disempowered and occasionally distraught conservatives plotted endlessly…