In three-hour interview, Mohler says he ‘hopes and prays’ Jimmy Carter is born again

CHICAGO (ABP) — Protestants could cease to be the majority religious group in the United States within the next year, a new study by the National Opinion Research Center says. Between 1972 and 1993, the Protestant share of the U.S….

Appeals court bans town's Christian prayers RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — A federal appeals court has banned a South Carolina town from offering Christian-only prayers at city council meetings. A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Democratic Party's first-ever liaison to religious leaders has resigned only two weeks after she started, under fire from a conservative Catholic group for her opposition to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Brenda…

SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — What does the future hold for Baptist World Alliance as it approaches its centennial celebration next year — minus its largest member body? According to several influential Baptist leaders around the world, the global organization's best…

SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — While the Southern Baptist Convention has voted to cut ties to the Baptist World Alliance effective Oct. 1, many Baptist leaders in the United States have pledged to continue to support BWA. That fact was evident…

SEOUL, Korea (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance must continue in its role as defender of human rights, religious freedom and the separation of church and state around the world, according to BWA Executive Director Denton Lotz. “We must strengthen even…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the same week, voters in Missouri and an elections board in the District of Columbia dealt successive blows to the gambling industry. By a 56-to-44 percent margin Aug. 3, “Show-Me” state voters defeated a proposed amendment…

DALLAS (ABP) — A recently released study on the economic impact of casinos in Texas trumpets casinos' benefits without fully considering their cost to taxpayers, according to independent researchers. And they claim a companion study on the social impact of…

HATTERAS, N.C. (ABP) — Once again Baptist volunteers are helping with clean-up efforts in the wake of a hurricane along the East Coast. Hurricane Alex hit North Carolina's Outer Banks on Aug. 3 bringing 100 mph winds, heavy rain and…