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Hillsdale College’s shadowy fundraising and American exceptionalism curriculum

One month before the election, I was forwarded an email originally sent from an organization called “Backing America.” The email was presented by Backing America as “a message from our sponsor.” The sponsor, Hillsdale College, wrote asking for tax-deductible contributions....

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Young evangelicals call for end to nuclear weapons

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) — A group of under-40 evangelicals attending a leadership meeting in Texas announced April 28 a new initiative to mobilize American Christians to eliminate nuclear weapons. "We have all heard about this broadening of the evangelical agenda,"…

Bluefield trustees consider new academic programs

BLUEFIELD – Trustees of Bluefield College explored new academic programs and were updated on the school’s new strategic plan during their annual spring meeting, April 17-18. During their two-day meeting, trustees approved a teacher licensure curriculum for traditional students in…

Unholy smoke

By Benjamin Cole Can anything good come out of Mexico? That’s the central question in the minds of millions of Americans who have favored protectionism over of free trade, gun-toting Minutemen at the border instead of substantive immigration reform and…

SBC reports second straight membership decline

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — In 2008, the Southern Baptist Convention showed a net loss in total membership for the second straight year and baptized the lowest number of new members since 1987, according to annual statistics compiled by the denomination’s publishing-and-research…

Maya Angelou challenges Baptists to fight racism

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — With an African-American population estimated as high as 50 million, the “blight of racism” is “still an epidemic assailing” the United States, writer Maya Angelou said April 24 at the Southeast regional gathering of the New…

Carter says Baptist strife hurting evangelism

Jimmy Carter speaks at the New Baptist Covenant Southeast meeting. (Ken Bennett/Wake Forest University) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said baptisms are declining in the Southern Baptist Convention because doctrinal bickering gives Christianity a bad name. Carter,…

Carter says Baptist strife hurting evangelism

Jimmy Carter speaks at the New Baptist Covenant Southeast meeting. (Ken Bennett/Wake Forest University) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said baptisms are declining in the Southern Baptist Convention because doctrinal bickering gives Christianity a bad name. Carter,…