Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

(ABP) — After years of conflict centering mainly on the issue of homosexuality, a large regional body of the American Baptist Churches USA has voted to continue the process of separating itself from the denomination. In an April 29 meeting…

The Living@YourBest Wellness Walk/Run scheduled to be held during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro, N.C., has been canceled for this year, but will resume at the convention in 2007. “We are disappointed that we won't…

(BP) — Forty-seven percent of American adults read the Bible during a typical week other than when they are at church, according to a study by The Barna Group released in April. Researchers found a significant increase in religious activity…

(BP) — As President Bush spoke to an ecumenical group at the White House to mark the National Day of Prayer May 4, religious moderates and progressives gathered in locations around the country in an effort to broaden an event…

(ABP) — Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board took the first steps down the road to recovery May 1-2, two weeks after their embattled president resigned under pressure. “We walked away with a great deal of…

(RNS) — Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court took up arguments on May 4 about whether to kill a proposed citizens' referendum to ban gay marriage. A lawyer for a gay rights organization told the state's highest court that…