Court strikes down Louisiana Ten Commandments law

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas (ABP) — On July 28, Debbie Christner was standing on her porch as rushing water encroached on her home. While this had happened before, the water always receded prior to flooding the house. But this time was…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the continuing battle over same-sex marriage, both supporters and opponents found victories in the opening days of August. Missourians voted overwhelmingly Aug. 3 to amend that state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, a Seattle judge…

DAYTON, Tenn. (ABP) — The granite Ten Commandments monument that cost Alabama judge Roy Moore his job last year started a nationwide tour July 31 — beginning in a town famous for an earlier clash between the secular and sacred…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Roy Moore has filed his final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to re-gain his job as Alabama's chief justice. Moore announced Aug. 2 that his attorneys had filed a motion asking the court…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — The words “Yes You Can, Si Se Puede” frame a large wall at Cesar Chavez Middle School in Waco, Texas. An innovative family literacy program has gotten families in the school's largely Hispanic neighborhood believing that…

BRENT, Ala. (ABP) — Six inmates in an Alabama prison recently graduated from a Baptist seminary program designed to train them for ministry. The six men, all inmates at the Bibb County Correctional Facility in Brent, Ala., received certificates of…

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention's withdrawal from the Baptist World Alliance has caused “a compromise of the worldwide testimony of all Baptists,” declares a BWA General Council resolution adopted last week. Declining to respond to specific…

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance will launch a global evangelization strategy during next year's centennial BWA World Congress in England. The announcement was one of several actions taken by the BWA General Council during its meeting July…

BAGHDAD (ABP) — Five Christian churches in Iraq were bombed Sunday, Aug. 1, in a coordinated attack, which was condemned by Christian and Muslim authorities. The attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least seven people, according to the Associated…