What if Mohler talked about women’s bodies the way he talks about himself?

MOORE, Okla. (ABP) — Messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Nov. 12-13 passed a resolution emphasizing non-discriminating ministry to illegal immigrants and adopted a record budget of $24.6 million. “Finishing the Task” was the…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (ABP) – Baptist critics are calling the Florida Baptist Convention's move to require alcohol abstinence from members of its boards and committees misguided. The new measure was easily approved by the 1,258 messengers attending the annual meeting,…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Nearly 75 percent of Ethiopians — about 55 million people — don't have access to clean water. And according to missionary workers there, it's a crisis not discussed often enough. Many Ethiopians are forced to drink from…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Former Southern Baptist Convention President Wayne Dehoney, longtime pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., died Nov. 15. He was 89. Dehoney, who served at Walnut Street from 1967 to 1985, was SBC president…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — Seven Baptist colleges and universities in North Carolina will offer undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship missionaries. The schools, all of which are Baptist-affiliated, are Campbell University in Buies Creek, Chowan University in…

NEW YORK (ABP) — In Brazil, a 51-year-old woman gave birth to her own twin grandchildren. She used embryos from her 27-year-old daughter, who had tried for four years to conceive. In January, a Texas-based “human embryo bank” announced prospective…

NEW YORK (ABP) (ABP) — The Church of England recently issued a statement identifying organ donation — even by living donors — as a Christian duty motivated by compassion and a mandate to heal. But what about donating a womb…

BROWNWOOD, Texas (ABP) — When it comes to questions concerning end-of-life issues, the answers sometimes don't come any easier for Christians than they do for other people. While each year the Southern Baptist Convention devotes Sunday school lesson material to…

ALEXANDRIA, La. (ABP) — Messengers to the Louisiana Baptist Convention annual meeting Nov. 12-13 passed without discussion a measure that ensures the convention has complete control of its college and other affiliated institutions. The measure amended the charter of convention-related…

FLORENCE, S.C. (ABP) — South Carolina Baptists have approved budget projections that will gradually result in the state convention forwarding 50 percent of all undesignated receipts to the Southern Baptist Convention. Messengers at the South Carolina Baptist Convention meeting, held…

SAN DIEGO (ABP) – To its critics, the current doctrinal standard of the Evangelical Theological Society is as skimpy as a bikini. And two of the society's members have put forth a proposal to tighten the document into a more…

SAN DIEGO (ABP) – African Christians tend to understand and appreciate the Old Testament far better than their Western counterparts, author Philip Jenkins told his fellow evangelical scholars Nov. 15. Jenkins, a professor of religious studies and history at Pennsylvania…