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

DALLAS (ABP) — Soon after Bruce Troy arrived at Gaston Oaks Baptist Church in Dallas, he challenged a group in the congregation to answer one question: “What would you do if God put 100 people on your doorstep?” Three years…

On a recent trip to England, I visited the ancient Norman church, Saint Mary's, Iffley, where a 13th-century anchoress (a female hermit) by the name of Annora resided. She lived enclosed in a room attached to the cathedral, with a…

DES MOINES, Iowa (ABP) — Iowa’s first legal same-sex marriage took place Aug. 31, the day after a Des Moines judge said a state law banning gay marriage violates same-sex couples’ equal rights. But the legality of the union between…

In the Aug. 27 story titled “42 Baptist schools make magazine's ‘best colleges' rankings for 2008,” please note that Samford University was re-classified this year from its former classification in Master's-South, not Baccalaureate-South, as was initially reported.

ATLANTA (ABP) — Butch and Nell Green, overseas missionaries since 1986, have entered a new stage of their ministry life: working in the United States. After spending the majority of their lives working with Muslims in Senegal and Belgium, the…

ANKARA, Turkey (ABP) — In a blow to an elite secularist caste that has ruled the nation for more than 80 years, the Turkish Parliament elected a devout Muslim as president Aug. 28. Former foreign minister Abdullah Gul received 339…

PORTLAND, Ore. (ABP) — A federal appeals court said Aug. 24 that a Washington state high school is not required to charter a Bible club, since the club allows only Christians to be full members. In Truth v. Kent Public…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Several well-known Southern Baptist leaders have rescinded their previous endorsements of a controversial blog that provides news and opinion related to the Southern Baptist Convention. Jerry Rankin, David Dockery, Thom Rainer and Frank Page all initially…

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (ABP) — The Taliban released 12 more South Korean Christians Aug. 29, after holding them hostage for six weeks. Red Cross officials picked up the 10 women and two men near Ghazni, about 80 miles from Kabul. The…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Four conservative pastors are joining the increasingly wild and wooly frontier of blogs discussing the state of the Southern Baptist Convention. Robin Foster, Wes Kenney, Tim Rogers, and Joe Stewart have announced the launch of a…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — After news that the Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina is loosening ties with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, the state's Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has announced a special offering to help the mission-focused organization….