No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court just isn't down with “Bong Hits 4 Jesus,” man. But an unusual coalition of conservative religious and civil-liberty groups aren't down with the court's majority in a June 25 decision on the free-speech rights…

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (ABP) — Board members of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities have elected Thomas Corts, president emeritus of Samford University, as executive director of the association. The new post is effective immediately. Corts, 65, succeeds Bob…

(ABP) — A flood is coming, warns character Evan Baxter, a modern-day Noah in the new movie Evan Almighty. But in Baxter's case, the threatening waters offer a swell of inspiration for audiences watching through the eyes of faith. Like…

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Dwight McKissic, the Southern Baptist pastor frequently at odds with fellow trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has resigned from the board of the Fort Worth, Texas, school. Pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in nearby Arlington,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — For the second time in as many years, President Bush vetoed a bill June 20 that would have expanded federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. However, in order to soften the political impact of nixing the popular…

ST. LOUIS (ABP) — For the first time, the nation's largest African-American religious body has corporately addressed the HIV/AIDS crisis. AIDS awareness and prevention figured prominently on the agenda for the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc….

ATLANTA (ABP) — Phil Hester, a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship specialist for new churches, has announced he will retire at the end of this year. During his seven-year tenure at the fellowship, Hester helped start churches in 21 different states, including…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Complaints of anti-Muslim bias in the United States shot up by 25 percent in 2006 as compared to the previous year, according to an annual report by an Islamic group. The annual report of the Council on…

ALBANY, N.Y. (ABP) — Legislators in Massachusetts crushed an attempt to reverse that state's stance on same-sex marriage June 14, while their counterparts in New York were poised June 19 to move forward with becoming the second state to legalize…

GAZA CITY, Palestine (ABP) — Palestinian police have seized a Baptist church in the Gaza Strip for the second time in recent months, the church's pastor said June 15. Hanna Massad, pastor of the Gaza Baptist Church, said Gaza's Baptists…

(ABP) — The most prominent Baptist bloggers who led a two-year revolt against the Southern Baptist Convention establishment have abandoned their Internet-fueled campaign, but they insist they will continue the crusade for more openness in the SBC with other methods….

DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) — First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga., has become the largest church associated with the Southern Baptist Convention or the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to hire a woman as senior pastor. In a closed business session after Sunday…