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Americans tops in support of religious role in politics

Results of a recent 10-country survey show Americans were the most likely to believe religion should have a role in politics. Thirty-seven percent of American respondents said religious leaders should “try to influence government decisions,” according to a survey for…

In what may be his last crusade there, Billy Graham will preach this month in Ne

By Jason Anthony In 1957, when Billy Graham's New York City crusade launched him into the national spotlight, he took the chance to cross racial lines in an age of segregation. From June 24 to 26, Graham, now 86, will…

Rick Warren joins coalition to ‘make poverty history’

By Wendy Ryan Rick Warren, the widely-known evangelical pastor and author, has joined a diverse coalition of global evangelical and political leaders and called on President Bush to support “ONE: The Campaign To Make Poverty History.” Until now, Warren, pastor…

SBC, CBF, AOB leaders among diverse group rallying to end U.S. hunger by 2015

By Robert Marus A broad array of religious leaders-including representatives of Baptist groups that often disagree-has launched an ambitious effort to combat domestic hunger and poverty. Several hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other leaders culminated a weekend conference in Washington…

Senate apologizes for failure to pass anti-lynching law

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The United States Senate has offered a belated apology for something it repeatedly failed to do: Stop a century of lynchings that killed thousands of African-Americans and other minorities. During the 19th and 20th centuries, white mobs…

Creator of Living Bible, Ken Taylor, dies at 88

WHEATON, Ill. (ABP) — Kenneth Taylor, whose Living Bible made Scripture understandable for millions of people, died June 10 at the age of 88 at his home in Wheaton, Ill. Taylor based his Living Bible paraphrase, first published in 1971,…

Resources help churches celebrate freedom without ‘civil religion’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — Three Baptist organizations are teaming up to provide churches with the tools to celebrate American freedoms “without watering down their devotion to God with civil religion.” The First Freedoms Project — led by Associated Baptist Press,…

Women’s job ministry helps 51-year-old rebuild her life

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Holding all her worldly possessions in a half-full garbage bag, Dorothy Ray got off the bus from Nebraska with her 14-year-old daughter. She had lost everything — her home, her car, her pride. Her oldest son,…

Who is this new guy?

Editorial for June 9, 2005 By Jim White If I were you, I would want to know something about this new guy who is serving as editor of the Religious Herald. Assuming you are at least as curious as I,…

Biden commutations leave only 3 on federal Death Row

Understanding Christmas traditions is a matter of time

Sing a new song: Reflections on Band Aid at 40

3 killed as Methodist violence flares in Nigeria