Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The nation's largest group for Republicans supportive of gay rights has overwhelmingly declined to repeat something it did in 2000 — endorse President Bush's campaign. National directors of Log Cabin Republicans voted 22-2 on Sept. 7 to…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Congress is back in session after its traditional August recess, and a handful of issues of interest to Christians remain on the legislative calendar before the body's targeted adjournment at the beginning of October. The House is…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Larry Hovis will become coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina following action by the group's coordinating council Sept. 2. The position has been vacant since former coordinator Bob Patterson announced earlier this year…

COCOA BEACH, Fla. (ABP) — Hurricane Frances, historic in size if not strength, crossed all three coasts of Florida over Labor Day weekend, damaging buildings — including several churches — and leaving an estimated 5 million people without power. This…

NEW YORK (ABP) — President Bush, capping a Republican National Convention that sought to strike a careful balance on social issues between conservative policies and moderate speakers, briefly reiterated some of his most controversial social policies in his speech to…

BESLAN, Russia (ABP) — At least eight children of Baptist leaders were among hundreds of hostages held in a Russian middle school that erupted in gunfire and flames Sept. 3. The two-day standoff came to a climax when Russian commandos…

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (ABP) — Six families in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, have new homes, thanks to volunteers from a North Carolina church. For Rosalía Rojas, 33, the two-bedroom house is a dream come true. “We had lost all hope of…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Baptists are mobilizing yet another disaster-relief effort as Hurricane Frances, a category 4 storm, bears down on Florida. Baptist relief workers are planning to cook up to a million total meals a week after Hurricane Frances…

NEW YORK (ABP) — Rep. Ed Schrock (R-Va.), one of Congress' staunchest opponents of gay rights, has declined to seek re-election to a third term in the House after a Washington activist's website claimed the congressman solicited sex with men…