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JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — For the first time in its 169-year history, the Mississippi Baptist Convention elected an Hispanic as an officer. Messengers also threw their support behind state and national bans on gay marriage. Joel Medina, bivocational pastor of…

RAYTOWN, Mo. (ABP) — The conservative-oriented Missouri Baptist Convention took the first step toward limiting membership to “Southern Baptist” churches and excluding churches that support moderate organizations, including the state and national Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Baptist General Convention…

LIBERTY, Mo. (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri has named Jeff Langford as its new associate coordinator. Langford, 35, previously was general manager of the International Publishing Management Association in Liberty. He received a bachelor of arts degree…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Jerry Falwell will “resurrect” his Morality Majority with a new name in order to turn conservative momentum from the recent national elections into an “evangelical revolution.” The Southern Baptist pastor and political activist announced the formation…

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas passed resolutions Nov. 9 supporting traditional marriage and public schools, but messengers avoided controversy over gay marriage and a proposed “exodus” from public education. Many state Baptist conventions this fall…

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas sidestepped the controversy over leadership at Baylor University when convention president Ken Hall ruled a motion to escrow funds for Baylor was out of order. Hall, president of…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Florida Baptists voted to back amendments to the state and federal constitutions to ban gay marriage and to work with other denominations for their passage. The motion passed apparently without opposition during the annual meeting of…

ROANOKE, Va. (ABP) — Messengers to the Baptist General Association of Virginia's 181st annual meeting elected the group's first African-American officer, agreed to apply for membership in the Baptist World Alliance, and engaged in unexpected debate over the sale of…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (ABP) — Though voters nationwide defeated most attempts to expand gambling Nov. 2, another razor-thin Florida vote count could bring slot machines to the state. By a margin of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent — or 3,606,045 to…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Even though both houses of Congress became more Republican in the Nov. 2 elections, that doesn't necessarily mean President Bush will have an easier time appointing conservative judges or passing the most controversial parts of his social…

(ABP) — Voters defeated most attempts to expand gambling in five states Nov. 2, which opponents say continues a trend to rein in gambling expansion nationwide. Only in Oklahoma, where voters approved a state-run lottery, could gambling proponents claim clear-cut…

DALLAS (ABP) — Hispanic congregations face a familiar struggle — how to preserve church traditions without losing younger generations. The problem is becoming all too common among Hispanic congregations, particularly in Texas. They are filling their pews with older generations…