In three-hour interview, Mohler says he ‘hopes and prays’ Jimmy Carter is born again

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…

DIDCOT, England (ABP) — “The congress proceeds as planned and our watchword is: 'In God we trust.'” With those words, David Coffey, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and incoming president of the Baptist World Alliance, tried…

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) — Leaders on all sides of the debate over homosexuality in the American Baptist Churches – USA see little resolution to concerns raised during the denomination's recent biennial meeting. “I don't think the biennial solved anything,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The House of Representatives has voted to reauthorize a law that a diverse array of civil-liberties groups decry but President Bush says is essential to fighting the war on terror. House members voted 257-171 to renew and…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Canada is now the fourth nation in the world — and the first outside of Europe — to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. Canada's Senate gave approval July 19 to a gay-marriage bill on a 47-21 vote. The…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The U.S. House of Representatives has amended a funding bill in an attempt to focus attention on the postwar plight of Iraqi Christians. The amendment, which was added to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act on a voice…