‘He taught the Bible every Sunday from World War II to COVID’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention has secured its ties to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, concluding years of wrangling over the convention's legal relationship with the school. Messengers to the SBC annual meeting in Nashville approved a…

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (ABP) — Forty-one years after the crime, Baptist preacher and former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty of manslaughter for the slaying of three college-age civil-rights workers who were beaten and shot. Killen, now…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — After debate unusually acrimonious even by the standards of the House of Representatives, that body voted narrowly June 20 to scuttle a provision designed to hold the United States Air Force Academy accountable for reports of religious…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) — Five Missouri Baptist Convention-related entities are seeking a rehearing of a recent appeal that returned an ongoing lawsuit against them to a lower court. Lawyers for The Baptist Home, Windermere Baptist Conference Center, Missouri Baptist…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — For the fourth year in a row, President George W. Bush will speak — by live video — to messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention when they meet next week in Nashville, Tenn. Bush will address…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Sixteen months from now, Southern Baptists should know if they have been able to reverse their evangelistic decline — or if there is a deeper problem that will require a more drastic remedy — said Bobby…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The autopsy results for Terri Schiavo, released by Florida officials June 15, conclude that she was not abused prior to collapsing and lapsing into an unconscious state 15 years ago, that she was blind at the time…

TRENTON, N.J. (ABP) — A divided New Jersey appellate court ruled June 14 against same-sex marriage, but gay-rights activists who filed the suit have promised to appeal. A three-judge panel of the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division ruled 2-1…

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (ABP) — Escalating violence in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, prompted the Texas Baptist River Ministry office to issue a safety advisory for the border city and led some volunteer church groups to cancel their planned trips. At least…