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WMU president criticized for addressing moderates

National Woman's Missionary Union executive director Wanda Lee will follow through with a commitment to speak at the annual meeting of the moderate Baptist General Convention of Missouri in April-despite an attempt to convince her to decline. David Clippard, executive…

Bugg named dean of divinity school

Charles Bugg, professor of preaching at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, is the new dean of Gardner-Webb University's school of divinity. Bugg, 62, an author and popular preacher, will also serve as professor of church ministry and leadership at the…

Passion images, ringtones available for cell phones

The next time your cell phone rings, it could be Mel Gibson-or at least the soundtrack from his The Passion of the Christ-calling. Los Angeles-based AG Interactive is making three snippets of the movie's soundtrack available to download as ringtones…

Court bars sentence because jurors used Bible

A convicted rapist and murderer should not receive the death penalty because some of the jurors who sentenced him consulted biblical law in making their decision, according to the Colorado Supreme Court. A closely divided panel of that state's highest…

Orthodox Jews angered at Israeli court’s ruling

Orthodox Jews in Israel and abroad have reacted angrily to the High Court's decision March 31 to grant citizenship to some non-Orthodox converts who studied to be Jews in Israel. The ruling was issued in response to a petition filed…

Virginia Baptists, Averett University agree to sever 145-year relationship

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Virginia Baptists have approved a joint statement developed with leaders of Averett University that will end their 145-year-old ties to the school. The Virginia Baptist Mission Board adopted the statement during its spring meeting April 6….

DeLay doesn’t back down on judges, though others call judiciary ‘fair’

WASHINGTON (ABP) — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay continued his rhetorical assault on the federal judiciary April 7, despite more temperate comments from his allies in the Senate. In a videotaped message to a group of conservative religious activists, DeLay…

Clinton calls for religious-freedom bill despite liberal groups’ objections

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) called for Americans to defend the principle of religious liberty at home and abroad April 7, with special emphasis on foreign policy and a controversial piece of domestic legislation. In a Capitol Hill…

Missouri judge puts second lawsuit against Baptist convention on hold

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — A second lawsuit involving the Missouri Baptist Convention and five affiliated institutions has been put on hold pending the outcome of an appeal in an earlier, similar lawsuit. At a hearing on April 5, Cole…

Creating a sanctuary in times of fear

Author calls Christians to the ‘courageous middle’

Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism effort ignores Jewish groups

If a felon can lead, why can’t they vote?