No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — A church in Charlotte has turned itself in to the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, admitting it is in violation of the convention's stance against homosexuality. The deacons at Myers Park Baptist Church sent an…

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (ABP) — Three Americans on a mission trip in Honduras were killed in a truck crash Feb. 6. Ten other people were injured when the truck flipped on a remote mountain road, authorities said. Two of the deceased…

PAISLEY, Fla. (ABP) — Like a lot of close-knit churches in rural Florida, the 100-member First Baptist Church of Paisley is small enough that regular attenders are missed when they don't show up on Sunday. But the absence of the…

PHOENIX (ABP) — One of the most egregious cases of fraud in non-profit history came to a close Feb. 2, when the former treasurer of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona was sentenced. Donald Deardoff, 49, was ordered to serve four…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (ABP) — As conflict threatened to plunge Palestine into civil war Feb. 3, a Palestinian Baptist pastor sent out an impassioned plea to supporters around the world to pray for his church, which authorities have seized…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) — On Feb. 4, St. John's Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., became the second church in a week to decide to break ties with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina over its new anti-gay policy. Four…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Deal with it, get over it or get help. That's Leonard Sweet's mantra when it comes to understanding Christianity's fluid role in the postmodern world. The Christian church is in the midst of a “perfect storm,”…

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — The director of Texas Baptists' ethics organization has called for Baptists in the state to lobby public officials not to open 18 proposed coal-fired power plants that would dump tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere…

MIAMI (ABP) — Anyone listening to Tony Dungy Feb. 4 would have thought Super Bowl XLI was as much about faith as football. Like he did in days prior to Sunday's “Soul Bowl,” Indianapolis Colts head coach Dungy used every…

RAVENDEN, Ark. (ABP) — An Arkansas Baptist disaster-relief volunteer was killed and two others injured in an automobile accident while returning home Feb. 3 from aiding victims of a Missouri ice storm. Roger Glenn Loyd, 47, died at a hospital…

Please make the following corrections in the Feb. 2 issue: In the story “Tornadoes kill 19 in Central Florida; Baptist retreat center damaged,” replace the 2nd paragraph with the following: A tornado that touched down at 3:30 a.m. caused severe…

LADY LAKE, Fla. (ABP) — Within hours after killer tornadoes tore gashes across central parts of Florida Feb. 2, Florida Baptist disaster-relief teams were mobilized with chainsaws in hand to help victims. The violent storm system, which spawned as many…