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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Leaders of the American Baptist Churches USA have approved selling the “Holy Doughnut” — the organization's Pennsylvania headquarters building — and confirmed the appointment of a new head for the denomination's international missions organization. The…

In the aftermath of the epochal power shift in Washington, the pundits are already attempting to interpret the deeper meaning of what happened. Inevitably, one's reading of the election tea leaves is filtered through one's own ideological perspective. Thus conservatives,…

As we await the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group about what “to do” in Iraq, I can't help but be struck by the poverty of our imaginations. Just what, if anything, can we do to shore up the new…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Christians can be lobbyists and still maintain a clean conscience, as long as they generally believe in what they're peddling, said Southern Baptist professor Mark Coppenger. Coppenger, professor of apologetics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,…

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (ABP) — A group that had threatened a Thanksgiving-weekend boycott over gay-rights issues at the world's largest retailer has called it off. The American Family Association's website reported Nov. 22 that the group had canceled a boycott of…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — An evangelical theologian told her colleagues recently they must “cease and desist” publishing materials with “inflammatory language” about homosexuals. Linda Belleville made the comments in an address to her fellow members of the Evangelical Theological Society during…

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (ABP) — Strong words from several Missouri Baptist Convention leaders during the convention's recent annual meeting highlighted a growing rift among conservatives in Missouri Baptist leadership. The rift is between two groups — one loyal to the…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Many evangelical scholars agree Francis Schaeffer was the single greatest force that propelled evangelicals into political action — ultimately putting George W. Bush in the White House. But some question whether he is rightly described as a…

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (ABP) — Continuing a recent trend of electing young leaders, the Kentucky Baptist Convention's new top three officers are under age 40. Darren Gaddis, 37, was elected president; Kevin Smith, 39, was elected first vice president; and…

ATLANTA (ABP) — More than 1.7 million Chinese children under the age of 13 have cerebral palsy. Because of poverty, limited medical services, and China's laws limiting each family to one child, these children are often abandoned to starvation, isolation…

DALLAS (ABP) — In a move with implications for three Baptist General Convention of Texas organizations, Albert Reyes has been named president of Buckner Children and Family Services, which is being revamped to expand its ministries throughout the United States…