Why are we still calling ourselves ‘moderate’ Baptists?

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP) — David Coffey, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, has been nominated as president of the Baptist World Alliance to succeed South Korean pastor Billy Kim. Kim will conclude a five-year term next…

BOSTON (ABP) — Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts capped a political convention that saw Democrats emphasizing faith and moral language with a call to progressive values and religious voters. “[I]n this campaign, we welcome people of faith,”…

BOSTON (ABP) — The head of the nation's largest gay-rights group made a pitch for “marriage equality” for same-sex couples from the floor of the Democratic National Convention, while conservative religious groups criticized the party's platform and presidential ticket as…

BOSTON (ABP) — Borrowing back a page they say Republicans stole from them, some Democrats are urging their party to talk more about faith and public policy. “We can no longer cede the religious stage and microphone and television cameras…

SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — Pledging to focus on the future, leaders of the Baptist World Alliance convened their first global meeting since the Southern Baptist Convention voted in June to withdraw from the international Baptist body. The July 26-31 BWA…

SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance will launch a global evangelism strategy during next year's centennial BWA World Congress in England, alliance leaders announced in late July. Playing off the 2005 congress theme, “Jesus Christ: Living Water,” the five-year…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (ABP) — A group of young Democrats met during their party's national convention to discuss how they can help the Democratic Party “regain its moral footing,” as one participant described it. The meeting, “Faith in Politics Roundtable: Restoring…

(ABP) — In the Bible, casting lots — what many consider to be original gambling — was a way for God's sovereignty to reign through randomness. Now gambling is drawing lots — lots of people, that is. According to a…

WHITNEY, Texas (ABP) — Cowboys and cowgirls are finding new lives on the open range. Large numbers of farmers, ranchers and horsemen — and those attracted to the lifestyle — are encountering Jesus at the eight-week-old Open Range Cowboy Church…

ALLEN, Texas (ABP) — A Christian artist has found a way to celebrate his faith while creating a keepsake that many collectors appear eager to get. “God works in strange and mysterious ways,” says Dan Foote, creator of 7-inch bobblehead…

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (ABP) — They're a pair of docs — documentaries — as puzzling as a paradox. “America's Heart and Soul,” a feature documentary released by Disney earlier this month, provides a panoramic vision of American diversity by telling the…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — David Garland, distinguished professor emeritus of Old Testament and Hebrew at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died July 21 in Fort Worth, Texas, after a brief illness. “He made the Old Testament come alive as a…