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

DALLAS (ABP) — As a civilian contractor in Iraq, Brad Blauser has seen a lot when it comes to war. He's lost friends in combat and faces the possibility that more will follow. That knowledge, however, doesn't get him down….

DALLAS (ABP) — In the largest cooperative effort of its kind, three historically African-American Baptist denominations have agreed to raise $1 billion for ongoing recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The National Baptist Convention USA, the National Baptist…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP) — Kentucky's governor has said he will hold, but not veto, $11 million in government funding for a Baptist college that made headlines by expelling a gay student. Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) said he will not disburse…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court declined April 24 to hear a case that pits an elementary school student's religious and speech rights against her school district's responsibility to not endorse Christianity. The justices declined, without comment, to hear the…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Less than a week after his inauguration, Baylor University President John Lilley has appointed Randall O'Brien as executive vice president and provost. The former chair of the religion department, O'Brien has been interim provost and vice…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — As Southern Baptist Convention leaders urge local congregations to baptize 1 million converts this year, statistics from the SBC's 2004-2005 church year reveal a baptism decline for the fifth time in six years. The annual statistics,…

In the April 24 ABP story titled “CBF nominates Robert Nash for top missions position,” please make the following corrections: The lead should note that CBF council members will vote on the nomination. The second to last paragraph should state…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Robert Nash has received the nomination for the global missions coordinator position at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF council members will vote to approve the nomination at their annual meeting June 21 in Atlanta. The nomination comes…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Humility and civility offer common ground where faith and reason can exist in harmony — whether in a nation or on a Christian university campus, speakers stressed at the inauguration of John Lilley as Baylor University's…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Playboy photographers held an open casting call April 18 at Baylor University, despite the university's discipline and suspension in recent years of students who posed in the magazine. The magazine's photographers traveled to Baylor to solicit…

NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — In a move that one official termed a “God-sized” task, Southern Baptists have pledged a Herculean effort to rebuild homes and churches destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Jim Burton, director of volunteer mobilization for the Southern Baptist…