Let’s tell a new story: Juneteenth and the Fourth of July

DALLAS (ABP) — As one of 70 million baby boomers, Greg Vaughn says he's not alone when it comes to the hurt he felt when his dad died. And the worst part was the absence of any written document of…

MACON, Ga. (ABP) — Baptists and Jews, both having suffered historically as minority faiths, share a strong commitment to religious liberty, Rabbi David Saperstein said during an inaugural Mercer University lecture series. Saperstein has directed the Washington-based Religious Action Center…

MACON, Ga. (ABP) — The model of religious freedom in the United States might not be best for other countries, but it sure works well here, Rabbi David Saperstein said during a lecture series at Mercer University. The April 4-5…

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (ABP) — For the fourth time in three years, a Baptist college's treatment of a gay student is causing an uproar. The University of the Cumberlands, in Williamsburg, Ky., expelled sophomore Jason Johnson, reportedly April 6. Kentucky media…

LITTLE ROCK (ABP) — The pastor of one of Arkansas' most prominent churches has been named president of the state's flagship Baptist college. Following a special called meeting in Little Rock April 6, trustees of Ouachita Baptist University announced that…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A group of evangelical leaders has written President Bush and Congress in support of an immigration bill that supports guest worker programs and citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Albert Reyes, president of Baptist University of the Americas and…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Albert Reyes, president of the Baptist University of the Americas Texas and immediate past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, believes the current immigration reform debate should be informed for Christians primarily by one question:…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Just one day after a purported “breakthrough” on immigration reform in the Senate, a partisan dispute erupted in the Senate April 7, effectively setting back a compromise bill for weeks. Legislation hailed as a consensus bill and…

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (ABP) — Tennessee Baptists are rallying to respond to victims of a series of severe storms that tore through west Tennessee April 2 and 3. As of April 5, police had confirmed the storms killed 28 people in…

BRIERFIELD, Ala. (ABP) — The clearing where Ashby Baptist Church once sat tucked in the woods is now clearer than it's been in nearly a century. With the ashes and debris from its sanctuary cleaned up, the site a quarter…