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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — Halfway through his term, the “Ten Commandments judge” has been ousted as the head of Alabama's judicial system. The Alabama Court of the Judiciary voted unanimously Nov. 13 to remove Roy Moore from his office as…

BIG CANOE, Ga. (ABP) — Wanda Ruth Massey Allen, 74, wife of former Southern Baptist Convention president Jimmy Allen, died at her home in Big Canoe, Ga., Nov. 13 after a long illness. Born in Duncan, Okla., she graduated from…

LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) — Stan Parks, a mission worker in Southeast Asia for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, was named associate at WorldconneX, a new missions agency created by the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Beginning in January, Parks will serve…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (ABP) — Federal judge Eugene Siler was elected president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention Nov. 11. He is only the fourth layman elected to that post in the past 50 years. Siler, who serves on the 6th U.S….

JACKSON, Tenn. (ABP) – Several attempts to place more conservatives in leadership of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and its institutions failed during the convention's annual meeting Nov. 11-12. The convention's 1,905 messengers also adopted resolutions supporting the proposed Federal Marriage…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Conservative candidates swept all three key offices of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Nov. 11-12 in what was anticipated as a make-or-break election for moderate Baptists in the state. David Horton, 43, pastor of…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A federal appeals court has struck down part of a law that is the latest in a series of federal attempts to protect certain aspects of religious freedom. On Nov. 7, a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A battle between two heroes of the Religious Right is shaping up in Alabama. On Nov. 10, Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor (R) asked the Alabama Court of the Judiciary to remove the state's chief justice from…

LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas is a “work in progress,” according to newly elected President Ken Hall. Hall, president of Buckner Baptist Benevolences in Dallas, was elected to the post by acclamation during the BGCT…