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BROWNWOOD, Texas (ABP) — Among Baptist Baby Boomer theologians, at least half of the major authors are committed to Calvinism, an influential Baptist theologian of an earlier generation has noted. James Leo Garrett Jr., distinguished professor of theology emeritus at…

(ABP) — Theologians past and present have used a “bouquet” of initials and analogies to describe Calvinist doctrine. Historically, the Reformed Synod of Dort in the Netherlands delineated the differences between Calvinism — named for the Genevan reformer John Calvin…

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) –The ministry of two American Baptist Churches missionaries to underdeveloped Thai villages will be undergirded with a $232,500 gift from Christian Community Credit Union. According to the American Baptist News Service, the nationwide Christian banking group's…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist communicators garnered several awards from an ecumenical awards competition for religious journalists and public-relations professionals. Three of the 10 best-in-class prizes at the recent Religion Communicators Council DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards contest went to Baptist professionals. Scott Camp,…

ETHRIDGE, Tenn. (ABP) – Members of Liberty Hill Baptist Church are mourning the loss of their church building to a tornado but celebrating signs of new birth. Just two days after a tornado ripped through Giles and Lawrence counties April…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Pastor Jeremiah Wright, who became a household name recently after video snippets of his sermons created a stir on the Internet and a headache for his most famous parishioner, is defending himself in an interview scheduled to…

ATLANTA (ABP) — For centuries, the olive branch has been a symbol of peace in Judeo-Christian cultures — and now olive wood is bringing prosperity through a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-sponsored microenterprise project in the Middle East. “Elizabeth” is one of…

Please make the following corrections in the April 22 ABP release. In the opinion column “Discipleship and the ‘outside world,'” please change “dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School” in the 4th paragraph to “president of the Chicago Theological…

PHILADELPHIA (ABP) — Religious voters — especially the state’s all-important Catholic population — appear to have given New York Sen. Hillary Clinton a big boost in the crucial April 22 Pennsylvania primary. But most religious Catholics and most religious Protestants…

(ABP) — During the most recent Earth Day April 22, Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection ran high-profile TV ads in which Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi, and then Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson, sat together on couches telling the…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Seven members of rival conservative groups in the Missouri Baptist Convention will go to mediation in an effort to bring about peace within the battle-torn statewide group. The MBC Executive Board voted on April 15…