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WASHINGTON (ABP) — The dynamic bishop from Krakow who became one of the 20th century's most towering figures departed earthly life April 2, but his legacy — including the special esteem in which many American evangelical Protestants held him —…

ATLANTA (ABP) — For the fourth year in a row, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received a multimillion-dollar anonymous gift for global missions — this time $5 million. The majority of the gift will go to field personnel salaries, benefits,…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Karen Gilbert of Dallas has been hired as the associate coordinator for volunteers and partnerships in the global missions office of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The position is based in Dallas, where Gilbert had been minister of…

LONGVIEW, Texas (ABP) — When Brian Shobert surveyed Longview, Texas, two years ago, he saw something he didn't like — multitudes of people without a connection to a church. Demographic information backed up Shobert's observations. An estimated 80 percent of…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (ABP) — The Florida judge who ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed has resigned his membership in a prominent Southern Baptist church. According to media reports, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer informed Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater that…

(ABP) — The Sri Lankan government appears poised to vote on anti-conversion legislation in April, according to a number of media reports. If approved, the vote would cap a three-year effort by Buddhist leaders to stem the tide of rural…

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article expands and replaces one issued March 30. LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Fundamentalist Baptists in February formed a new international organization they hope will include Southern Baptists, who last year withdrew from the Baptist World Alliance,…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — National Woman's Missionary Union executive director Wanda Lee will follow through with a commitment to speak at the annual meeting of the moderate Baptist General Convention of Missouri in April — despite an attempt to…

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (ABP) — On March 31, Terri Schiavo's tragic 15-year saga came to a close as acrimoniously as it began. The 41-year-old Florida woman died shortly after 9 a.m. in her husband's arms, according to his attorney. But,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Terri Schiavo is dead, but the passions and controversies her case stirred are certain to have a life of their own. Just hours after the incapacitated Florida woman died March 31, those who fought to keep her…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — A search-and-rescue team from Baptist World Aid and Hungarian Baptist Aid is trying to find survivors on the Indonesian island of Nias after a March 28 earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale. According to reports,…

ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Opera and West Texas may seem like an odd combination. But to the creators of Larkspur, a new opera about a pastor's struggles during the Great Depression, it's a natural. Larkspur, which premieres April 1-2 in…