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PRINCETON, N.J. (ABP) — Bruce Metzger, who was perhaps the 20th century's preeminent New Testament Greek scholar, has died at age 93. The retired seminary professor reportedly died of natural causes in Princeton, N.J., Feb. 13. Metzger helped translate both…

LACOMBE, La. (ABP) — It's been a long road for the home of Loretta and Samuel Ducre of Lacombe, La. Their original home is gone — destroyed in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina mauled the Gulf coast — and its…

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (ABP) — James Netherton, the embattled president of Carson-Newman College, is resigning from the Baptist-affiliated school to become executive vice president of Mercer University. Netherton, president of Carson-Newman since 2000, has been under pressure in recent months….

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Texas and its conservative governor, Rick Perry, have become the nation's first — and perhaps most unlikely — test case for requiring school-aged girls to receive a vaccine that can prevent both cervical cancer and a common…

The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina got a lot of attention recently by passing the following resolution: “Among the churches not in friendly cooperation with the convention are churches which knowingly act to affirm, approve, endorse, promote, support or…

BESLAN, Russia (ABP) — Thousands of children in war-torn regions of Beslan, Russia, and Grozny, Chechnya, recently received shoes donated through a Baptist charity shoe drive. Russian Ministries, a Christian group that collaborates with Buckner International, distributed the shoes as…

ATLANTA (ABP) — An ecclesiastical panel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has issued a decision upholding — but decrying — punitive action against an openly gay Atlanta minister. In the Feb. 7 decision, the disciplinary hearing panel said…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (ABP) — The “mother church” of Southern Baptists — from whose pulpit legendary pastor Richard Furman once defended the institution of slavery — will host Baptists of multiple races, denominations and regional identities for a historic conference in…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University's board of regents has approved a plan that will begin integrating athletics into academic campus life at the Texas school. On Feb. 8, Baylor's 31 voting regents unanimously approved a $34 million plan to…

BEIRUT (ABP) — Amid continuing strife in their areas, Baptists in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip requested prayers from their brothers and sisters around the world Feb. 13. Nabil Costa, director of the Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development,…

DALLAS (ABP) — Though he lived in England two centuries ago, the life and work of William Wilberforce remain important examples for modern-day evangelicals, according to the lead historical consultant for a feature film chronicling the famous abolitionist's life. Kevin…

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — More than 100 leaders from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship gathered a few blocks from the Texas state capital Feb. 7-10 to discuss social justice. Current, the fellowship's network for young leaders, hosted its eighth annual retreat…