Why coercive religious politics undermine Christianity and democracy

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court declined Oct. 10 to reconsider their 1973 decision in Doe v. Bolton, the lesser-known companion case to the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states. The Doe v. Bolton…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Some mothers call it the love lottery. Other moms describe it as a lifesaver. Basically, it's something that gives them a sense of belonging, they say. What began in 2003 as a community support group for single…

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (ABP) — The faculty at Carson-Newman College reported Oct. 5 a vote of “no confidence” for President James Netherton. Approved by a 129-71 margin, the vote was tangible evidence of growing and widespread dissatisfaction among faculty in…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Directors of the Baptist Joint Committee focused on the future during their annual meeting Oct. 2-3, hearing updates on a major capital campaign and honoring the first winner of the organization's essay-writing contest for high school students….

LOS ANGELES (ABP) — A groundbreaking international study on Pentecostal and charismatic Christians released Oct. 5 shows them growing in number — and socio-political influence — around the globe. The 10-nation study, sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — One of America's greatest preachers, Gardner Taylor of Brooklyn, N.Y., may be 88 years old, but he still has the power to preach. Known for his preaching ability to reach across denominational and ethnic boundaries, Taylor…

STAFFORD, Texas (ABP) — When Peter Leong was a boy in Malaysia, he never imagined he would end up in Texas. Now, as pastor of a Houston-area church, he is leading a team of Baptists back to Asia to help…

In the Oct. 5 story “NC bylaw changes revise nomination process, exclude gay-friendly churches,” please replace “each post is a three-year term” in the fourth graph with the following: “If the committee rejects a second suggestion, the entity would carry…

NASHVILLE (ABP) — Tennessee Baptist Convention leaders caught officials of an affiliated college by surprise Sept. 29 by filing a lawsuit against the institution. The TBC Executive Board filed the suit in Davidson County Chancery Court against Belmont University. A…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Sixteen women leaders from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship just returned from a two-week trip to China, where they visited women leaders of the church in China and CBF representatives in Lanzhou, Chengdu, Nanning and Macau. The trip…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — On the heels of a Purdue University study that listed Baptists as the most obese religious group in America, Baptist-affiliated Baylor University has been recognized as one of America's fittest schools. The study, published in the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Roughly eight months after arsonists destroyed several rural Baptist church buildings in Alabama, pastors and members from the victimized congregations joined to celebrate the churches' restoration Oct.1 with government officials and leaders from the college where…