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

The annual walk-a-thon held by the Virginia Baptist Children's Home & Family Services continues to be the fundraising highlight for providing benevolent care to the hundreds of at-risk children and youth, as well as adults with developmental disabilities, who turn…

Baptists of the world are more interested in unity and ministry than in denominational squabbles like the one dividing Baptists in the southern United States, said Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance. “It's a lot better to…

A Baptist lay pastor has been beheaded in Bangladesh, the second Christian leader to lose his life in that country in a year, according to a Christian news organization. Dulal Sarkar was attacked by Muslim extremists as he returned home…

Baptist groups from around the world affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance have contributed as much as $15 million so far in relief for victims of the Dec. 26 South Asian tsunamis, according to a BWA official. The director of…

The Israeli organizers of a controversial gay and lesbian festival that was scheduled for August in Jerusalem have decided to postpone the event for a year. Sponsors of the WorldPride international festival rescheduled the event for Aug. 6-12, 2006, so…

A year after Massachusetts became the first-and so far only-state in the country to legalize gay marriage, conservative groups said marriage still “faces grave threats,” while gay marriage advocates say their progress has been slow but steady. May 17 marked…

For the first time since its original imprint in 1982, the New King James Version of the Bible is in the top spot of a publishing best-seller list thanks to an evangelical initiative called the Million Bible Challenge. The challenge…

Brazilian pastor Fausto Aguiar de Vasconcelos has been nominated to lead the evangelism effort of the Baptist World Alliance, succeeding Australian Tony Cupit, who is retiring. If elected to the BWA's executive staff by its general council in July, he…

The 5,280-pound granite Ten Commandments monument that cost Roy Moore his job as Alabama's chief justice has found a permanent home at his church in Gadsden, Ala. The monument ended its nationwide tour and was installed last month in the…

To honor the legacy of former president Gordon Palmer, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary will change its name to Palmer Theological Seminary July 1. Eastern, located in suburban Philadelphia, is one of 10 seminaries related to American Baptist Churches USA. Palmer,…

Expect to see change in United States immigration policy during this congressional session. Three types of legislation are being considered in Congress-an agriculture jobs bill, new guest-worker legislation and the Dream Act, which would help non-citizen students fund a college…

Carmelita Hernandez believes one person can make a difference, even when it comes to big issues like shaping United States immigration policy. And a new law proposed by the Bush administration may offer proof. Hernandez, a member of Iglesia Bautista…