Burge sees danger in ‘political monoculture’ of evangelicalism

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP) — Following in the footsteps of deposed Alabama Supreme Court head Roy Moore, another judge in that state has raised controversy with a public tribute to the Ten Commandments — this time on the judge's robe. Covington…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's withdrawal from the Baptist World Alliance was the top Baptist news story of 2004, according to a survey of journalists. The murder of four SBC missionaries in Iraq was the second most…

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP) — The Wake County District Attorney has asked the State Bureau of Investigation in North Carolina to look into finances at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Colon Willoughby, the district attorney, said he has not received a…

KIEV, Ukraine (ABP) — As the world's attention focuses on Ukraine during a time of political unrest, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina is trying to bring hope to the region's forgotten homeless children. The street children of Kiev…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two civil-liberties watchdog groups have filed the first known lawsuit to prevent public schools from teaching the theory of “intelligent design.” Critics of the theory, including supporters of evolution, call it “junk science” and say it is…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Two friend-of-the-court briefs filed recently in the U.S. Supreme Court present differing views on the role of the Ten Commandments in American history and whether government entities can display them. The Bush administration, represented by the Justice…

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) — Two students — one a Mexican, the other a Nicaraguan — have just completed a semester doing missionary work in India through an Atlanta-based missions agency and their Texas theological school. Juan Acuña, a Californian who…