Why coercive religious politics undermine Christianity and democracy

DALLAS (ABP) — All five Baptist General Convention of Texas employees with North American Mission Board appointments will end those relationships with the Southern Baptist Convention agency and become fully supported by the Texas convention by the end of the…

DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas is asking one of its affiliated universities to break off its “fraternal relationship” with a rival Baptist group in the state. The BGCT Executive Board voted May 25 to ask Houston…

ALEXANDRIA, La. (ABP) — Lynn Clayton, editor of Louisiana's Baptist Message, announced May 18 he plans to retire at the end of 2005. By the time Clayton retires, he will be 65 and will have served more than 27 years…

WASHINGTON (ABP) – Baptist chaplain Brig. Gen. Charles Baldwin has been promoted to the Chief of Chaplain Service for the U.S. Air Force, and next month will become a major general and one of the three highest-ranking chaplains in the…

DALLAS (ABP) — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will not be allowed to exhibit at the Baptist General Convention of Texas meeting this fall — further fallout from the deteriorating relationship between the Texas convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. A…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — David Brooks, vice president for finance and administration at Baylor University, will leave the school at the end of July to return to private business. Brooks, 45, has been the principal architect of the financial model…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A recent Baylor University graduate says he signed, under protest, a statement admitting he violated the school's conduct code by organizing a gay-rights rally — because he feared he wouldn't be allowed to graduate if he had…

ASHEBORO, N.C. (ABP) – The General Board of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention weighed in on several social issues but declined to address the state's cooperative giving plans during its spring meeting May 18-19 at Caraway. Adopting a statement…

BUIES CREEK, N.C. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention and its conservative statement of faith are not viewed favorably among rank-and-file Baptists in North Carolina, even though most Baptist churches in the state still support the SBC financially. By a…

HOUSTON (ABP) — Churches can reach “Millennials” — the traditionalist generation of Americans born since 1982 — by helping them “figure out the code” to life's profound questions, futurist Neil Howe advised. Howe is a demographer, economist, historian and author…

GALLUP, N.M. (ABP) — A nation at the crossroads just got another traveling companion. Two Texas Baptist churches and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship recently entered into a partnership covenant with Calvary Love Ministries (CLM) of Gallup, N.M. The agreement “calls…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (ABP) — In a historic reunion of sorts, an American Baptist body and a group that emerged from the Southern Baptist Convention recently held a joint meeting in New Hampshire. The American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New…