Sunday came for Tony Campolo

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States began Jan. 18 with an invocation and ended Jan. 21 with a benediction. Controversy over religion between those bookend events highlighted America’s ongoing give-and-take over…

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) — Youth from three Christian denominations spent Martin Luther King Day Weekend exploring commonalities of their respective faiths through worship, education and community-building activities. Nearly 2,500 students in grades 6-12, group leaders and chaperones traveled to Orlando,…

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) — Youth from three Christian denominations spent Martin Luther King Day Weekend exploring commonalities of their respective faiths through worship, education and community-building activities.   From left, Kendale Bridges, Macie Wilkins and Tonda Folk of First Baptist…