Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

COVINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Pastor and politician Kerry Horn has been called an agent of Satan. He has faced country farmers trembling with rage. And his faith has been questioned by members of his own congregation. And that's just the…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Styling themselves after the famous Freedom Riders of the civil-rights era, a group of gay-rights activists is targeting Baptist and other Christian colleges with a cross-country bus trip that is part teach-in, part protest. The “Equality…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The body of a slain Christian peace activist, presumably executed by those who abducted him and his three colleagues, returned to his native United States March 13 in preparation for burial. The body of Tom Fox, 54,…

DALLAS, Texas (ABP) — Some of the top secular media who focus on religion have been named winners of the 2006 Wilbur Awards, an annual competition that highlights excellence in media dealing with religious themes, issues and events. Mindy Marchal,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The lone American among four Christian peace activists who have been held captive in Iraq since November was found dead in Baghdad March 9, according to multiple news sources. The body of Tom Fox, 54, was found…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Should Baylor University aspire to become the “Protestant Notre Dame”? And, perhaps more importantly, what can Roman Catholics teach Baptists? Since former university President Robert Sloan led the school to adopt its Baylor 2012 long-range plan…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In response to growing criticism of his “faith-based initiative,” President Bush touted White House figures March 9 showing growth in federal funding of religious charities last year. The figures give a different picture than a recent study…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Law enforcement officials arrested three men March 8 in connection with a string of nine fires at Baptist churches in rural Alabama. Benjamin Nathan Moseley and Russell Lee Debusk, both 19-year-old students at Birmingham-Southern College, said…