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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Even if a genetic cause for homosexuality is found, gay behavior would still be “sin,” and Christians should support prenatal treatment to “cure” it, said SBC seminary president Al Mohler. Comments by Mohler, president of Southern…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Florida pastor Ron Crawford will be nominated as president of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Crawford, pastor of College Park Baptist Church in Orlando, will be presented March 19 for election by the board of trustees…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Board leaders at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and an embattled trustee have agreed to meet and discuss their differences — with a threat to remove Texas pastor Dwight McKissic from the board taken off the…

OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — A prominent former Southern Baptist pastor who became an unlikely gay-rights poster boy was cleared of criminal charges in a sex-solicitation case March 7. An Oklahoma judge acquitted Lonnie Latham of asking an undercover male police…

HOUSTON (ABP) — “'There was a man sent from God whose name was John,'” Daniel Vestal told about 800 people at a Houston memorial service for Baptist philanthropist John Baugh March 8. Quoting the biblical description of John the Baptist…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) chose one of the nation's most popular evangelical radio programs March 9 to admit he had an extramarital affair while pursuing impeachment charges against former President Bill Clinton. The admission came…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Former professor Sheri Klouda sued Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary March 8, charging fraud, breach of contract and defamation for forcing her out. Klouda, who was hired in 2002 to teach Hebrew in a tenure-track position…