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Survey: Protestant pastors favor
McCain, but many still undecided

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — A majority of Protestant pastors say they plan to vote for Republican presidential nominee John McCain, but just days before the Nov. 4 election nearly one in four is undecided, according to the latest LifeWay Research…

Baptist pastor’s trial begins;
Azerbaijanis claim intimidation

Hamid Shabanov, 52, was arrested after police in the remote northern village of Aliabad, near the Georgian border, searched his house and claimed to find an illegal firearm and ammunition. Family members say Shabanov does not own a gun and…

Religion, values,and the 2008 election

By David Gushee It’s all over but the shouting. Millions have already voted, and the retrospectives on the 2008 presidential election are already beginning. Some of these will involve reflection on the way that faith played out in this election…

Father, Son & Who?

(ABP) — “Ghost!” the 5-year-old screeched as he stood in the pew and clutched his mother’s neck. “Mama, the preacher said there’s a ghost in here!” Although most Baptists in the sanctuary laughed at the outburst, likely at least a…

On the Trinity, Baptist worship largely settles for two out of three

(ABP) — Hymns sung in most Baptist churches historically have been “More About Jesus” than about either God the Father or the Holy Spirit, several church music experts agree. “From a Baptist perspective, I don’t think the hymnody has ever…

Charismatic Southern Baptists see themselves as open to spiritual gifts

HIXSON, Tenn. (ABP) — Suffering from burnout after a decade as pastor of Central Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in suburban Chattanooga, Tenn., Ron Phillips wrote his resignation letter on a portable computer on the way to a meeting…

Trinity debate trickles down to gender roles

DEERFIELD, Ill. (ABP) — There’s a tempest brewing among evangelical theologians about the triune nature of God, with potential to spill beyond academic halls into relationships between males and females in the church and home. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School near…

Congo: New fighting creates
latest humanitarian crisis

NEW YORK (ABP) — Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is creating a “humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions,” the head of the United Nations said Oct. 29. U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon called attention to the flare-up, which…

Religious Right appeals
to fear as election nears

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (ABP) — Perfect love may cast out fear, but some Religious Right leaders seem intent on scaring the pants off of their followers as the Nov. 4 presidential election approaches. With Republican nominee John McCain trailing in…

Dual citizenship

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The forbidden idea of churches and other tax-exempt organizations endorsing political parties or candidates has started to sound like a good one, in recent decades, to many conservative evangelicals in the United States. In fact, a group…

Religious ‘test’ for public office? Yes and No

American Christians may pledge loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. But behind the closed curtain of the polling booth, many violate the spirit of the constitutional prohibition on any religious test for public office. And several church-state experts insist that's not…

Where they stand: ‘Values’ distinguish both candidates and voters

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (ABP) — “Values voters” — a term popularized by conservative evangelicals after the 2004 elections — may bring a wide array of values to the polls. Here's a rundown of the two presidential candidates' views on a number…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children