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American Baptists launch fund to battle global food crisis

VALLEY FORGE, Penn. (ABP) — American Baptist Churches USA has launched a fund drive to provide money to help ministry partners in poor areas deal with the rising costs of basic foodstuffs. ABC International Ministries started the Global Crisis Food…

American Baptists launch fund to battle global food crisis

British Baptists to go to Jamaica with apology for slave trade

DIDCOT, England (ABP) — A delegation of British Baptists is set to apologize, in person, to Jamaican Baptists for the trans-Atlantic slave trade. During a May 22-29 stay, the delegation plans to meet with Jamaican Baptists and worship in their…

Baptists continue to respond as tolls rise in China, Myanmar

(ABP) — Baptists continue to mobilize supplies and prayer in an effort to minister to victims of natural disasters in China and Myanmar. Latest news reports May 19 indicated the death toll in China had risen to 34,000, with 220,000…

Wiley Drake cleared in IRS probe, but vows further endorsement

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Southern Baptist pastor-personality Wiley Drake did not violate tax law by using his church's letterhead or his radio show to endorse Mike Huckabee, he announced May 18. Drake, pastor of the 75-member First Southern Baptist Church in…

Baptists, other Christians already in China beat limits on foreign help

WASHINGTON (ABP)—While China has accepted a very limited number of foreign-aid workers in the wake of the disastrous earthquake that devastated much of Sichuan province, Baptists and other Christians from the United States already were situated to help. According to…

Iraq status reportedly divides panel on religious freedom

WASHINGTON (ABP)—An independent, nonpartisan federal panel’s failure to issue a recommendation to the State Department about Iraq reportedly is due to political division. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom released its annual report and recommendations in early May….

Baylor President John Lilley’s future in doubt after meeting

WACO, Texas (ABP) — John Lilley may be the latest endangered leader at the world's largest Baptist school, according to reports in the local newspaper. The Waco Tribune-Herald reported May 17 that Baylor University leaders declined to discuss whether the…

Christians’ attention to foreign policy long overdue

By David Gushee One of the great weaknesses of contemporary Christian public engagement is in the area of U.S. foreign policy. We live in what for now remains the most powerful nation on earth, and there are a goodly number…

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American Baptists launch fund to battle global food crisis

American Baptists launch fund to battle global food crisis

British Baptists to go to Jamaica with apology for slave trade

Baptists continue to respond as tolls rise in China, Myanmar

Wiley Drake cleared in IRS probe, but vows further endorsement

Baptists, other Christians already in China beat limits on foreign help

Iraq status reportedly divides panel on religious freedom

Baylor President John Lilley’s future in doubt after meeting

Christians’ attention to foreign policy long overdue

Idaho Legislature Memo Opposing Marriage Equality Signals a New Collaboration to Undermine Norms of Democracy

Speaker Johnson cites Genesis after House passes bill banning trans people from women’s sports

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Here’s the real reason Hegseth should not be confirmed

McCartney inspired Christian men’s movement

Study explores American views on both parties’ ‘brands’

Has growth of unpartnered adults in US hit a wall?