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JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — Like it or not, Baptist bloggers are here to stay, according to speakers at a conference on Baptist identity. And those who want to bring healing to the Southern Baptist Convention should listen to the critique…

JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptist state conventions and associations will soon cease to exist as they are currently structured, according to Mike Day, the director of missions for the Mid-South Baptist Association in Memphis. “A new paradigm is on the…

JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) — The future should be bright for Southern Baptists, but it won't be if they continue their infighting, said Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page Feb. 15 at a conference on Baptist identity. Page, pastor of First…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Alabama Baptist historian Wayne Flynt will receive Baptists Today's annual Judson-Rice Award for leadership with integrity April 20. Flynt, professor emeritus at Auburn University, will receive the national news journal's award during a banquet at a…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — One North Carolina Baptist pastor isn't content simply to reach out to his fellow Vietnamese living in the United States. “God has opened the doors in Vietnam, allowing the gospel to be shared, and there have…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Wade Burleson says there was no “investigation” by the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board into his allegations of trustee improprieties — despite the insistence of some trustees that there was. “What idiot told Mr. Burleson…

TOPEKA, Kan. (ABP) — Kansas' state Board of Education has yet again reversed itself on standards for science teaching, removing the questioning of evolution from recommended state curricula. By a 6-4 vote Feb. 14, the panel served another volley in…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (ABP) — One North Carolina Baptist pastor isn't content simply to reach out to his fellow Vietnamese living in the United States. “God has opened the doors in Vietnam, allowing the gospel to be shared, and there have…

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…