What if Mohler talked about women’s bodies the way he talks about himself?

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Leaders of Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia have adopted a declaration endorsing the “diverse and unlimited” Christian vocations of women and “rejecting” both the Southern Baptist Convention's official opposition to women pastors and the refusal of…

BOSTON (ABP) – The Christian and the atheist – one British, the other Austrian – both shaken by war and personal tragedy, both clinging to the bitter end to their acceptance, or rejection, of the divine. The ideas of C….

Louisiana voters approve gay-marriage ban BATON ROUGE, La. — Voters in Louisiana have become the latest to endorse an amendment to their state constitution banning same-sex marriage. By a 78-to-22-percent majority, Louisianans approved the amendment Sept. 18. With 100 percent…

PENSACOLA, Fla. (ABP) — Hurricane Ivan — as powerful as Charley and as big as Frances — pounded the Gulf coasts of Alabama and Florida Sept. 15-16 with 130 mph winds. At least 13 deaths were blamed on Ivan —…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The State Department finally acceded Sept. 15 to years of requests from human-rights agencies, lawmakers and a government commission by naming Saudi Arabia one of the world's most egregious violators of religious liberty. Secretary of State Colin…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A House committee has approved a bill that would strip from the federal courts — including the Supreme Court — the power to decide cases related to the Pledge of Allegiance. On a 17-10 party-line vote, the…

CORDOVA, Tenn. (ABP) — Adrian Rogers, prominent pastor and leader of Southern Baptist conservatives, has announced he will retire in six months from the church he has led for 32 years — but that he'll remain close at hand. Rogers,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — While many of President Bush's opponents and critics alike have pointed to his evangelical Christian faith as his defining characteristic, several intimately acquainted with Bush recently told a gathering of journalists the president considers himself in the…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Nineteen employees of the Southern Baptist broadcasting network learned Sept. 9 their jobs were eliminated as part of a major cost-cutting move that reduces the FamilyNet annual operating budget more than half — from $8.5…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Belmont University trustees have given leaders of the Tennessee Baptist Convention a proposed covenant that would take away the convention's current responsibility of electing trustees for the university. Belmont President Robert Fisher presented the proposal to…

ROME, Ga. (ABP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear Shorter College's appeal of a court's decision in favor of the Georgia Baptist Convention, according to the court clerk's office Sept. 14. A state appeals court ruled March…

CORDOVA, Tenn. (ABP) — Adrian Rogers, prominent pastor and leader of Southern Baptist conservatives, announced he will retire in six months from the church he has led for 32 years. Rogers, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn. a…