This year, I’m a single-issue voter

I used to think single-issue voters were totally off-base. I mean, everything’s connected. Political issues never stand alone. The solution to whatever problem motivates the single-issue voter will always affect other problems and other citizens. A good example is an...

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Wrestling with God’s word

By Miguel De La Torre Since converting to Christianity in my early 20s, I have found the biblical text to be a crucial part of my spiritual formation. I look to the Scriptures for truths and wisdom upon which to…

Prominent Dallas pastor accepts BGCT post

DALLAS (ABP) — Jim Denison has resigned as senior teaching pastor at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas to become founding president of the Center for Informed Faith and theologian-in-residence with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The new Center…

Birmingham site of first of four regional New Baptist Covenant meetings

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Planners of a Jan. 31 gathering of diverse Baptist groups hope a national mood set by the election of America's first African-American president will spill over into renewed relationships between black and white Baptists. "We are…

Christian social entrepreneurs measure success by a different yardstick

HONG KONG (ABP) — A growing number of Christian businesspeople — who see entrepreneurial ventures as missional opportunities — believe doing good and doing well don’t have to be mutually exclusive. These Christian social entrepreneurs are committed to using their…

Religious torture opponents pleased, concerned by Obama executive order

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Religious opponents of torture expressed simultaneous approval and concern Jan. 22 about a series of executive orders by President Obama upending his predecessor’s policies on detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects. On his second full day in…

Interfaith leaders urge Obama to act quickly on Middle East peace

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders are urging President Obama to act early in his administration to work for peace in the Middle East. Groups including Churches for Middle East Peace called on Obama in a Jan. 21 letter…

Former youth worker pleads guilty to molestation charge

LAKELAND, Fla. (ABP) — A former volunteer youth worker at a Florida Southern Baptist megachurch pleaded guilty Jan. 21 to molesting three boys, putting his fate in the hands of a judge instead of a jury. After jury selection and…

Multi-racial throng elated to watch barrier crumble

WASHINGTON (ABP) — “Now I don’t have to lie when I tell my children they can do anything,” one black father, with tears in his eyes, declared to the celebrants around him on the National Mall the moment Barack Obama…

Multi-racial inaugural throng elated to watch racial barrier crumble

WASHINGTON (ABP) — “Now I don’t have to lie when I tell my children they can do anything,” one black father, with tears in his eyes, declared to the celebrants around him on the National Mall the moment Barack Obama…