No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

ATLANTA (ABP) — A judicial panel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has stripped an Atlanta pastor of the denomination's official ministerial credentials because he is gay. But Bradley Schmeling of St. John's Lutheran Church has vowed to remain…

ACCRA, Ghana (ABP) — Representatives attending the Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering in Accra, Ghana, celebrated freedom during a plenary session July 4. BWA President David Coffey, of England, noted the near-concurrence of America's Independence Day, Ghana's Republic Day (July…

ACCRA, Ghana (ABP) — Neville Callam, a Jamaican pastor, theologian and author, was unanimously elected July 6 as the first non-white general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. He is also the 102-year-old alliance's first leader not from the United…

DALLAS (ABP) — A Bible college with close ties to the Southern Baptist conservative movement is in danger of losing its accreditation due to financial problems. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced June 28 on its website that…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Most leaders in Baptist missions agree that technology has changed the face of world evangelization. What they don't agree on is what it has changed the most. Some point to centralized integration of information, saying it…

In two recent stories, Associated Baptist Press repeatedly misspelled thelast name of prominent American evangelical historian Randall Balmer as “Ballmer.” The correct spelling of Balmer's last name is the one with a single “l.” Please change all references to the…

DALLAS (ABP) — As much of the world continues to wait for signs of peace in Israel, John Brown continues to wait for signs of oil beneath it. Brown is the chairman and founder of Zion Oil and Gas, Inc.,…

ACCRA, Ghana (ABP) — The Baptist World Alliance Annual Gathering got off to a rousing start July 2 as more than 500 participants joined a choir from Calvary Baptist Church in Accra, Ghana, to celebrate God's work through a fast-paced…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In his speech on the last day of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's annual meeting, Daniel Vestal stressed the historical tradition of Baptists to champion freedom — a tradition rooted in a biblical idea, he said. As an…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — American Baptists both observed and made history during an otherwise-quiet biennial meeting June 28-July 2 in Washington. Delegates and guests of the American Baptist Churches USA's largest national gathering celebrated their centennial as a denomination and observed…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In a duo of historic commissioning services held June 28 and 29 in Washington, supporters of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship sent 18 new missionaries and field personnel for service in the United States and abroad. Sixteen of…

TOKYO (ABP) — Thanks to a Japanese fascination with gospel music — inspired in part by the Sister Act movies — churches in the United States have started offering gospel concerts and classes in Japan as ways to reach others….