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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (ABP) — Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said God's wrath is looming over a nation headed for economic ruin in his annual predictions for the coming year, aired Jan. 4 on "The 700 Club." Robertson, 79, has a…

{youtube}9M_KIOG7s04{/youtube} NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — One thing Muslims and Baptists have in common is that they are often identified by their extremists, according to a documentary airing on ABC television stations in January and February. "Different Books, Common Word" offers…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — While staunch defenders of human rights and religious liberty for all, Southern Baptists rarely mentioned religious persecution in convention resolutions until the 1990s. That coincides with increased calls by social conservatives, including the newly conservative leadership…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Some Christians in the United States are quick to cry “persecution” if courts, schools or businesses fail to favor their religion above others. But in places around the world where Christians face beatings, economic reprisal, imprisonment or…

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Baptists generally prefer to handle violations of religious freedom through quiet diplomacy instead of media headlines denouncing “persecution” of Christians, said a freedom-and-justice specialist for the Baptist World Alliance. Christians in Tehsil Gojra, Pakistan, examine…

(ABP) — Here are some of the top newsmakers in 2009 as reported by Associated Baptist Press. 1. The Baptist movement turns 400 Baptists gathering in 2009 celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Baptist tradition. While there are different theories…

(ABP) — Here are some of the top newsmakers in 2009 as reported by Associated Baptist Press. John Upton 1. The Baptist movement turns 400 Baptists gathering in 2009 celebrated the 400th anniversary of the Baptist tradition. While there are…

  Paschal Dan Goodman, 40, a professor at Gardner-Webb University's M. Christopher White School of Divinity, unexpectedly Jan. 13. Oscar Romo, 79, a pioneer in starting ethnic Southern Baptist churches, Jan. 16 from complications related to Parkinson's disease. Millard Fuller,…

(ABP) — A month-by-month summary of quotations from Baptist newsmakers over the past year:    January "I humbly ask this in the name of the one who changed my life, Yeshua, Isa, Jesus, Jesus [pronounced hay-SOOS], who taught us to…

(ABP) — If there’s one thing that the 2009 Internet statistics for Associated Baptist Press stories show, it’s that Wiley Drake knows how to draw media attention. Wiley Drake Three of the ten most-viewed articles on ABP’s website between Jan….

(ABP) — If there’s one thing that the 2009 Internet statistics for Associated Baptist Press stories show, it’s that Wiley Drake knows how to draw media attention. Three of the ten most-viewed articles on ABP’s website between Jan. 1 and…

TOCCOA, Ga. (ABP) — A grand jury has cleared police officers involved in a Sept. 1 shooting that killed a Southern Baptist pastor caught in the middle of a botched drug sting. An 18-member grand jury in Stephens County in…