Will we be the right kind of light to the world?

(ABP) — If American Christians tithed, churches could gain $156 billion a year, a recent study found. And if denominations allocated a greater percentage of their receipts to international human needs, they could make strides in eliminating poverty-related child deaths,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — By a 6-3 majority Jan. 17, the Supreme Court rebuffed the Bush administration's efforts to punish doctors who participate in physician-assisted suicides under an Oregon law. The ruling does not establish a constitutional “right to die.” But…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Just days after they were sued over it, a California school district has agreed to stop teaching a course critics said promoted creationism and intelligent design. Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced Jan. 17…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (ABP) — More than 2,200 Christian teenagers — Baptists, Episcopalians and Presbyterians — explored common and distinct dimensions of their faith during the first “Faith in 3D” conference Jan. 13-16 at the Disney World Resort. With…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — A new staff policy, which gives trustees of the International Mission Board power to censor news stories about their work, reportedly was used Jan. 11 to try to persuade a trustee to resign. That's the picture…

DALLAS (ABP) — During a memorial service at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, friends and family celebrated Foy Valentine's love for God, which they said stimulated his love for people, his courage and even his “quirkiness.” Valentine, a Baptist…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Opponents of “intelligent design” theory have opened a new front in the battle over the controversial theory, filing suit against a California school district that teaches intelligent design as philosophy rather than science. On Jan. 1, the…

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — A seminary should create a “theological chain reaction,” Baptist educator Michael Quicke stressed during the inaugural convocation of the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. The Carroll Institute, in its second academic year with 400 students, installed its…

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — Cecil Sherman, the first national coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will receive the sixth annual Judson-Rice Award at an April 21 dinner at First Baptist Church of Asheville, N.C. The event is sponsored by the…