Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

In the Sept. 1 ABP story, “Patterson's defense of sermon censorship contradicts his own actions, critics say,” please replace the sixth paragraph with the following: But three years ago, Patterson — who had recently moved from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Sowing Seeds of Hope, a community and economic development organization affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, has received a $338,000 federal grant for the creation of a self-help housing initiative in depressed Perry County, Ala. The CBF…

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Paige Patterson, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's largest seminary, censored a recent chapel sermon by a seminary trustee because it criticized a “sister” SBC institution. Yet in 2003 Patterson himself circulated a lengthy report by…

FLINT, Mich. (ABP) — On Aug. 29, Woodside Church became the first American Baptist congregation in Michigan to be disaffiliated by its local “sister churches” because of its stance on homosexuality. The North Area Baptist Association, a 10-county group of…

ATLANTA (ABP) — One year after Hurricane Katrina, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship continues work on a number of recovery projects in the Gulf region — even as relief workers responded to damage caused by Tropical Storm Ernesto on the Atlantic…