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

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Terri Schiavo is dead, but the passions and controversies her case stirred are certain to have a life of their own. Just hours after the incapacitated Florida woman died March 31, those who fought to keep her…

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP) — A search-and-rescue team from Baptist World Aid and Hungarian Baptist Aid is trying to find survivors on the Indonesian island of Nias after a March 28 earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale. According to reports,…

ABILENE, Texas (ABP) — Opera and West Texas may seem like an odd combination. But to the creators of Larkspur, a new opera about a pastor's struggles during the Great Depression, it's a natural. Larkspur, which premieres April 1-2 in…

LYNCHBURG, Va., (ABP) -Jerry Falwell's condition is improving after being hospitalized March 28, though doctors are still baffled why his lungs filled with fluid for the second time in a month. Doctors at Lynchburg General Hospital upgraded his condition from…

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…