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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…

HELENA, Ala. (ABP) — In Alabama, where devotion to hunting can approach a religion, several organizations are trying to match the passion hunters and fishermen feel for the outdoors with a passion for Christ. Wayne Vining, a member of the…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Heavy turnout among evangelical voters concerned with moral issues was widely credited with lifting President George W. Bush to re-election Nov. 2, confounding the conventional wisdom about large-turnout elections. Exit polls suggest “moral values” issues were one…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage got a clean sweep in the Nov. 2 elections, with voters in 11 states — from Michigan to Oregon and from Georgia to North Dakota — passing constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage….

(ABP) — Controversial sanctity-of-life issues were weighed by voters in two states Nov. 2, with Californians approving funding for stem-cell research and Floridians requiring parental notification before a minor can get an abortion. Both measures passed easily. In California, voters…

ATLANTA (ABP) — James T. McAfee Jr., who along with his wife, Carolyn, generously supported Baptist educational causes, died in Atlanta Nov. 3, one week after heart surgery. In 1997, Mercer University named its new seminary the James and Carolyn…

RAYTOWN, Mo. (ABP) — On the same day it opened its 170th annual session, the Missouri Baptist Convention filed new legal action against five related agencies. Attorneys for the convention filed a declaratory judgment action on Oct. 25 against the…