No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Board members of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities have elected Michael Arrington, provost of Carson-Newman College, as executive director. The position became effective March 1. Arrington, 62, succeeds Thomas Corts, who in September…

The question before all Christians at all times is whether we will follow Jesus by seeking wholeheartedly to do God's will. Too often in American Christian/evangelical/Baptist life we have allowed ourselves to displace our loyalty to Jesus Christ and replace…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Reports the Religious Right's demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to Tony Perkins and Harry Jackson. But Jim Wallis, Samuel Rodriguez, David Gushee and other leaders and authors argue that the Religious Right, while not dead, is…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Dennis Dilip Datta has been named the 2008 recipient of the Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award. Datta, a Baptist leader from the Muslim-majority country of Bangladesh, won the award for his advocacy…

(ABP) — If an “evangelical center” emerges from the current shake-up in American politics, will moderate Baptists be part of it? It depends on how comfortable moderate Baptists are with being considered “evangelicals” in the first place. Moderate and progressive…

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Conservative Christians have turned a cold shoulder to concerns about global warming, but ethicist David Gushee says he knows why. “Climate change is among the most heavily reported stories — and in my view, one of…

In his speech at the recent New Baptist Covenant celebration, John Grisham urged his hearers to spend as much time ministering out in the streets as they do in the church. No doubt this is in many ways an admirable…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A prominent Texas Baptist congregation embroiled in a highly public controversy over homosexuality and other issues chose March 9 to keep its pastor. Members of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, voted 499-237 against…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A group of prominent Southern Baptists — including the denomination's president — released what some are calling a mild statement on climate change and environmental stewardship March 10. But the names of several prominent denominational leaders are…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Polls showing that 43 percent of white evangelical voters who participated in Ohio's recent primary election voted for Democrats are further evidence that mainstream media are missing a key story, according to a group of pundits….

CARACAS, Venezuela (ABP) — More than 1,150 Baptists from Venezuela and the United States shared the gospel roughly 10,000 times during a recent evangelism effort called Caracas Crusade 2008. Jacobo García, director of missions and evangelism of the National Baptist…

MACON, Ga. (ABP) — Walker Knight, founding editor of Baptists Today, will be honored April 3 as part of the independent news journal’s 25th anniversary celebration. Knight launched the national publication first known as SBC Today in 1983, shortly after…