20,000 gather in Phoenix for Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2024

McLEAN, VA. (ABP) — A capacity crowd of 750 gathered March 3 in the ballroom of a Washington-area hotel to honor Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Denton Lotz as he begins retiring from his years of service to the world's…

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — For the second time in as many years, a Southern Baptist institution will try to remove a rookie trustee for alleged misconduct. This time it's Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which is in a dispute with trustee…

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (ABP) — Baptist relief workers were literally on the scene when a powerful tornado dealt a deadly blow to the high school in Enterprise, Ala., March 1. Hillcrest Baptist Church, which sits right next to Enterprise High School,…

In the 12th paragraph of the Feb. 28 ABP story “Ark. tornado prompts response by churches, convention,” Mike Ross was identified as a U.S. senator, when he is actually a U.S. representative whose district includes Dumas. In addition, the paragraph…

In the headline of the Feb. 28 story “Baptist missionaries help provide training to church leaders in China,” please change the word “missionaries” to “workers.”

NAIROBI, Kenya (ABP) — A young boy who experts say died 1.6 million years ago is causing a modern-day spat between Christians in Kenya and a legendary archaeologist. The squabble involves a fossilized skeleton known as Turkana Boy, an 8-…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Episcopal Church USA, on the verge of a split with its worldwide religious body over homosexuality, is being “pushed toward a decision by impatient forces within and outside this church,” according to the group's head. But…

FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — Paul Negrut, the president of the Romanian Baptist Union and a “hero” to Southern Baptist conservatives, is accused of plagiarizing a book by an American author — ironically, for use in a Romanian seminary class…

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — After a 10-month search to replace disgraced former head Bob Reccord, the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board has recommended Virginian Geoffrey Hammond as its next president. Hammond, 49, is currently senior associate director of…