Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) — Two state Baptist conventions became full-fledged members of the Baptist World Alliance following election by the BWA's General Council July 27. The Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Baptist General Association of Virginia join 211…

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) — Affirming that Baptists from around the world can “have unity without uniformity,” Rick Warren told reporters at the Baptist World Alliance's centenary congress that the withdrawal of Southern Baptists from BWA was a “silly” mistake. “God…

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) – South African Dorothy Selebano was elected president of the Baptist World Alliance's women's department, the first woman from Africa to be named to that post. Selebano was election to the five-year term in office during the…

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP) – Yanis Smits, bishop of the Latvian Baptist Union, said his countrymen encounter “difficulties” spreading the gospel within his home nation. Those troubles would be regular pressure from groups that are out to halt the work of…

BANGKOK, Thailand (ABP) — A consortium of Asian Baptist seminaries has elected a Singaporean woman as its president and admitted a Japanese seminary to its membership. The board of the Asian Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary elected Lilian Lim president and…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The drafting process for Iraq's permanent constitution is raising serious concerns among United States officials who monitor religious freedom. Reported July 27 comments from the Shiite Muslim who heads the nation's constitutional drafting committee — as well…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two prominent members of Congress have introduced a resolution criticizing one of the United States' largest allies for its handling of religious freedom. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) have introduced versions of a…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — After quite a circuitous journey, Joel Gregory is returning to his roots at Baylor University. Gregory, who earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees at Baylor long before embarking on a career that climaxed in his briefly…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — 1964 is remembered as a year of havoc in the South. It was the year racial tension escalated to a peak. Protests for equality were met with vandalism and even murder. But Shelton and Alonzo Chappell…