Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

WACO, Texas (ABP) — The words “Yes You Can, Si Se Puede” frame a large wall at Cesar Chavez Middle School in Waco, Texas. An innovative family literacy program has gotten families in the school's largely Hispanic neighborhood believing that…

BRENT, Ala. (ABP) — Six inmates in an Alabama prison recently graduated from a Baptist seminary program designed to train them for ministry. The six men, all inmates at the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent, Ala., received certificates of…

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's withdrawal from the Baptist World Alliance has caused “a compromise of the worldwide testimony of all Baptists,” declares a BWA General Council resolution adopted last week. Declining to respond to specific…

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance will launch a global evangelization strategy during next year's centennial BWA World Congress in England. The announcement was one of several actions taken by the BWA General Council during its meeting July…

BAGHDAD (ABP) — Five Christian churches in Iraq were bombed Sunday, Aug. 1, in a coordinated attack, which was condemned by Christian and Muslim authorities. The attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least seven people, according to the Associated…

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…

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…