Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — “All is not well” among Southern Baptists, according to seminary president Danny Akin, who cited slumping evangelism statistics as evidence of “grave weakness” in the denomination. The Southern Baptist Convention has “experienced a conservative resurgence,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — For the first time, a federal judge has overturned a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. On May 12, U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon of Nebraska said that state's ban on gay marriage and other same-sex legal…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (ABP) — A new Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church in southeastern North Carolina has withdrawn its application for membership in the Wilmington Baptist Association after it became the subject of debate at the association's meeting May 12. North Brunswick…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — A federal appeals court has said an inscription of the national motto, “In God We Trust,” on a North Carolina government building is constitutional. In a unanimous ruling May 14, a three-judge panel of the Virginia-based…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A civil-liberties group is challenging the constitutionality of government support for an abstinence-only sex-ed program that bills itself as an “evangelistic ministry” and gives teenagers silver rings inscribed with a Bible passage. The Massachusetts branch of the…

WACO, Texas (ABP) – A married couple who teach at Baylor University, David and Diana Garland, have had two academic chairs endowed in their honor. The endowments are a double rarity: Baylor never has established individual chairs for both husband…

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (ABP) – To honor the legacy of former president Gordon Palmer, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary will change its name to Palmer Theological Seminary July 1. Eastern, located in suburban Philadelphia, is one of 10 seminaries related to American…

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (ABP) — Embattled pastor Chan Chandler announced his resignation during a business meeting May 10, surprising both supporters and detractors at East Waynesville Baptist Church. Chandler, 33, had been pastor of the church for two and a half…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A chaplain at the Air Force Academy is seconding accusations that there is a bias at the school in favor of evangelical Christians. According to news reports, Capt. Melinda Morton spoke out publicly May 11, as a…