How the new documentary series Shiny Happy People intersects with mainstream Christianity

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Attorneys for the Missouri Baptist Convention have appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit against five breakaway institutions — and convention messengers will be asked to authorize the use of Cooperative Program funds to pay for…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The number of hungry people in the United States and the developing world is greater now than it was when international leaders set hunger-cutting goals in the mid-1990s, said a recently released report by Bread for the…

DALLAS (ABP) — Why would teenagers cut their bodies on purpose? Cutting — and other forms of self-mutilation — cause physical pain that teens can deal with, blocking out emotional hurt they feel unable to handle, says Dallas counselor Carrie…

DALLAS (ABP) — Self-mutilation is not the only type of obsessive-compulsive disorder affecting youth, counselor Carrie Beaird told youth ministers at a recent seminar. The disorders can be as varied as the people afflicted, but they share some common traits….

GROVE OAK, Ala. (ABP) — Ten years ago, a tornado left Regina Webb's body broken on the ground amid the scattered remnants of her home. She was paralyzed from the chest down. Last January she gave birth to triplets. The…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — A support group for families and friends of homosexuals recently opened a community center in Waco named for a retired Baylor University religion professor and his wife, who have a homosexual son. The center is one…

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — Half of Georgetown College's six vice presidents are resigning to pursue other opportunities. Rather than an administrative crisis, however, Georgetown President Bill Crouch described the moves as positive examples of the strength and stability of the…

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Campbellsville University's School of Theology has named interim dean John Hurtgen to the permanent dean's position. Hurtgen, who has served the university since 1990 as an instructor of Christian studies and more recently as director of…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Wake Forest University President Thomas Hearn Jr. announced April 19 that he will retire next year. Hearn, 66, who took several months off to recuperate from surgery and treatment for a brain tumor, said he is…