Why coercive religious politics undermine Christianity and democracy

HALEYVILLE, Ala. (ABP) — Brent McDougal has been named coordinator of the Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. He will assume the role Oct. 15. McDougal replaces Mart Gray, who resigned last November to work full time as pastor of an Alabama…

CASWELL, N.C. (ABP) — Directors of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina made changes to the convention's bylaws Sept. 27 that would give North Carolina Baptist institutions a greater say in choosing their trustees and directors. The board also…

In the Oct. 3 story “Forty-three Baptist schools listed in U.S. News 'Best Colleges' rankings,” please replace graph five with the following: The “Great Schools at a Great Price” category included Mercer University, Mississippi College, Carson-Newman College, Samford University, Wayland…

A growing number of Christian writers are embracing the idea that the United States is moving into a post-Christendom phase and that the church should not resist this transition. This has significant implications for the very hotly debated question of…

DALLAS (ABP) — Yom Kippur, the most sober and holy day of the Jewish year, was Oct. 2. To celebrate, Jews around the world fasted, prayed and attended synagogue. In Israel, public transportation and airports were closed, along with banks,…

DALLAS (ABP) — Yom Kippur, the most sober and holy day of the Jewish year, was Oct. 2. To celebrate, Jews around the world fasted, prayed and attended synagogue. In Israel, public transportation and airports were closed, along with banks,…

PHOENIX (ABP) — Two former executives of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona were sentenced to jail and told to pay millions in restitution Sept. 29 in what may be the nation's largest case of faith-based financial fraud. Maricopa County, Ariz.,…

DALLAS (ABP) — Worshippers hear them speak each Sunday, and a steady stream of people visit them each week. But for many pastors, ministry makes a lonely life. Though they often relate well to large groups of people on many…

BUIES CREEK, N.C. (ABP) — It was 1943 when Leslie Campbell plucked 18-year-old Diamond Johnson Matthews out of Mabel Powell's English class to be his secretary. The son of Campbell University founder James Archibald Campbell, he needed a bright presidential…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — An organization once synonymous with the Religious Right in the United States has named as president a pastor who is becoming known as a critic of the Religious Right. The Christian Coalition announced Oct. 1 it had…

NASHVILLE (ABP) — Forty-three member institutions of the International Baptist Association of Colleges and Universities were listed among the nation's best in a survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. The number of IABCU member schools ranked in the…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Congressional negotiators have nixed an effort to create a right for military chaplains to offer sectarian prayers in settings where soldiers of many faiths may be present. However, the last-minute compromise Sept. 29 between House and Senate…