Why coercive religious politics undermine Christianity and democracy

MANSFIELD, Texas (ABP) — Patrick Moses has a long commute from his home in Mansfield, Texas, to his job with the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. CBF church planter and Department of Homeland Security officer Patrick Moses poses with…

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (ABP) — A resolution on racial disparities in the criminal-justice system received a first reading at a Nov. 12-13 meeting of American Baptists’ Board of National Ministries. The proposed resolution, scheduled to receive a second reading…

SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA KOTTE, Sri Lanka (ABP) — Religious freedom advocates worry that an anti-conversion bill making its way through Sri Lanka's Parliament could be used to justify discrimination against the small South Asian country's Christian minority. Groups including the National…

SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA KOTTE, Sri Lanka (ABP) — Religious-freedom advocates worry that an anti-conversion bill making its way through Sri Lanka’s Parliament could be used to justify discrimination against the nation’s Christian minority. Groups including the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of…

ROANOKE, Va. (ABP) — The Baptist General Association of Virginia, acknowledging an uncertain economic environment, approved a reduced budget for 2009 during a quiet annual meeting that drew about 1,200 people. About the only fireworks during the Nov. 11-12 meeting…

(ABP) — A jailed Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan was released Nov. 6 until Nov. 17, when his trial on what supporters say are bogus charges was scheduled to resume. Mission News Network reported the release of Hamid Shabanov, 52, leader…

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (ABP) — The board of American Baptists’ National Ministries met Nov. 12-13 to consider cuts to cover a $1 million gap between the organization’s income and expenses. According to American Baptist News Service, National Ministries Executive…

Julie Pennington Russell preached a sermon at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration earlier this year in Atlanta. JONESBORO, Ga. (ABP) — The Georgia Baptist Convention has decided to refuse gifts from a historic member church that last year called a…

  Julie Pennington Russell preached a sermon at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration earlier this year in Atlanta. JONESBORO, Ga. (ABP) — The Georgia Baptist Convention has decided to refuse gifts from a historic member church that last year called…