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ENTERPRISE, Ala. (ABP) — Alabama Baptist churches were the first responders after a tornado killed nine people in Enterprise, Ala., March 1. Eight of the victims were students from the local high school. Seven other tornados tore through the state…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Every night in Atlanta, young women are paid to look sexy in a profession that leads to a damaging loss of self-worth. And Lia Scholl wants to change that by being their friend. The founder and director…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Philanthropist John Baugh of Houston, a major benefactor of moderate Baptist causes and institutions, died March 5 at the age of 91. He has been in declining health for several years. Baugh, a member of Tallowood Baptist…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The leader of the National Association of Evangelicals is reportedly backing the group's governmental-affairs specialist after calls from some evangelicals that Richard Cizik stop his advocacy for global-warming issues. According to news reports from March 2 and…

McLEAN, VA. (ABP) — A capacity crowd of 750 gathered March 3 in the ballroom of a Washington-area hotel to honor Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Denton Lotz as he begins retiring from his years of service to the world's…

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — For the second time in as many years, a Southern Baptist institution will try to remove a rookie trustee for alleged misconduct. This time it's Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which is in a dispute with trustee…

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (ABP) — Baptist relief workers were literally on the scene when a powerful tornado dealt a deadly blow to the high school in Enterprise, Ala., March 1. Hillcrest Baptist Church, which sits right next to Enterprise High School,…

In the 12th paragraph of the Feb. 28 ABP story “Ark. tornado prompts response by churches, convention,” Mike Ross was identified as a U.S. senator, when he is actually a U.S. representative whose district includes Dumas. In addition, the paragraph…

In the headline of the Feb. 28 story “Baptist missionaries help provide training to church leaders in China,” please change the word “missionaries” to “workers.”

NAIROBI, Kenya (ABP) — A young boy who experts say died 1.6 million years ago is causing a modern-day spat between Christians in Kenya and a legendary archaeologist. The squabble involves a fossilized skeleton known as Turkana Boy, an 8-…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Episcopal Church USA, on the verge of a split with its worldwide religious body over homosexuality, is being “pushed toward a decision by impatient forces within and outside this church,” according to the group's head. But…