Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Conservative and fundamentalist Baptists in February reportedly formed an alternative to the Baptist World Alliance, the 100-year-old worldwide fellowship of Baptist bodies that Southern Baptists have maligned as too “liberal.” The International Baptist Network had its…

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (ABP) — As Terri Schiavo drew her final breaths, dozens of protestors and even more journalists massed in front of her Florida hospice. Meanwhile, Religious Right leaders vowed to impeach judges who approve withdrawal of life support…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Terri Schiavo is “failing,” according to her father, as the administration of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) made its last legal pitch to keep her alive. Robert Schindler appeared to reporters on the afternoon of March 29…

DENVER (ABP) — 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…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (ABP) — As scholars and friends mourned the sudden and premature death of Baptist theologian Stanley Grenz, 55, they likewise wondered what would be the legacy of the man often called the leading evangelical theologian of his…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The federal Supreme Court and a state judge in Florida appear to have put an end to the legal quest to prolong Terri Schiavo's life. On March 24, the high court turned away, without comment or recorded…

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — 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…

PINEVILLE, La. (ABP) — Despite a search process that failed to follow established procedure, the election of Joe Aguillard as Louisiana College president is valid, an Alexandria judge ruled March 17. The ruling by Ninth Judicial District Judge Dexter Ryland…

HONOLULU, Hawaii (ABP) – Former executive director of the Hawaii Baptist Convention Dan Kong died March 14. He was 76. Kong, the first local-born resident to be pastor of a Southern Baptist congregation in Hawaii, was executive director of the…