Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

WASHINGTON (ABP) — As thousands of same-sex couples rushed to get married in San Francisco over the Valentine's Day weekend, opponents tried to block the marriages in court. Two San Francisco courts postponed action Feb. 17 on lawsuits seeking to…

NASHVILLE (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted overwhelmingly Feb. 17 to withdraw SBC membership and funding from the Baptist World Alliance, the 99-year-old fellowship of 211 Baptist bodies worldwide. Despite pleas from Baptist leaders worldwide and some…

NASHVILLE (ABP) — While Mel Gibson's “The Passion of the Christ” will graphically show movie audiences the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross, it's up to Christians to explain why Jesus went through the pain of the cross, Christian leaders…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Two long-serving Cooperative Baptist Fellowship missionaries to New York's diplomatic community are moving to North Carolina, and the organization has no plans to replace them. Ana and David D'Amico have served as missionaries at the United Nations…

STOWE, Vt. (ABP) — State Baptist newspaper editors, during their annual meeting Feb. 13, declined an offer from a foundation to fund an independent inquiry into the Southern Baptist Convention's reasons for defunding the Baptist World Alliance. Meeting in the…

BOSTON (ABP) — The Massachusetts legislature adjourned its historic constitutional convention Feb. 12 without reversing the state supreme court's recent legalization of gay marriage. With thousands of protesters gathered outside Feb. 11, legislators began debating legal measures that would limit…

NASHVILLE (ABP) — Despite pleas from their Baptist brethren worldwide, Southern Baptist Convention leaders show no sign of abandoning their plan to withdraw from the Baptist World Alliance. But that isn't stopping Florida retiree Bob Casey from trying to change…

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention will cease endorsing women to chaplain positions “where the role and function of the chaplain would be seen the same as that of a pastor.” The…

(ABP) — Scientists in South Korea report that they have created human embryos through cloning and extracted embryonic stem cells, the universal cells that hold great promise for medical research, according to the Boston Globe. Their goal, the scientists say,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Members of a House panel grilled a television executive and the National Football League's head Feb. 11 in a hearing on the lingering controversy over TV indecency at the Super Bowl. The House subcommittee on telecommunications is…

PARIS (ABP) — France's lower house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly to prohibit students from wearing “conspicuous” religious symbols in public schools, sparking an outcry from religious liberty advocates in the United States. The French National Assembly voted 494 to…

PARIS (ABP) — France's lower house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly to prohibit students from wearing “conspicuous” religious symbols in public schools, sparking an outcry from religious liberty advocates in the United States. The French National Assembly voted 494 to…