WACO, Texas (ABP) — Like the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel’s “wheel in the middle of a wheel,” King James-only churches represent a resilient subculture within the subculture of American fundamentalist Protestants, some scholars insist. King James-only churches believe God preserved…
Whose ‘majesty’ were the KJV translators exalting?
WACO, Texas (ABP) — When many readers describe the 1611 King James Version of the Bible, the word “majesty” tends to enter the conversation. It’s no wonder, according to Laura Knoppers, professor of English at Penn State University. The translators…
Christianity a ‘translated religion’–into Living Word and written word
WACO, Texas (ABP) — Translation of Scripture grows naturally out of a central Christian theme — God making himself known by identifying with the commonplace, said Lamin Sanneh, professor of mission and world Christianity at Yale University. Today, dozens of…
Supreme Court permits taxpayer challenge to funding of Baptist home
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower-court ruling allowing Kentucky taxpayers to sue over public funding of a Baptist youth home. The April 18 order left standing a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Senate confirms religious-freedom ambassador
WASHINGTON (ABP) – It took 10 months, but on April 14 the U.S. Senate approved President Obama’s nomination of a new ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Suzan Johnson Cook Obama originally nominated Suzan Johnson Cook, an American Baptist…
Editor calls for resolution targeting Westboro Baptist Church
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) – A Baptist newspaper editor says it is time for the state’s Southern Baptists to take a public stand against a tiny Kansas congregation known for pickets across the country with signs reading “God Hates Fags.”…
Supreme Court sides with Texas in case involving prisoner’s rights
WASHINGTON (ABP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled April 20 that a federal law protecting the religious liberty of prison inmates does not entitle a prisoner to monetary damages if that right is denied. Brent Walker of the Baptist…
Wildfires destroy church facility
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas (ABP) — Wildfires that rampage across parts of Texas destroyed most of the facilities of a Baptist church. Wildfires hit Baptist church. More than 90 wildfires have broken out across the state, torching about 1 million…
Baptist supports religious freedom for Muslims
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) – A Baptist church-state expert criticized arguments used by opponents of building mosques in the United States that Islam is not a religion and therefore undeserving of protection of the First Amendment. Melissa Rogers delivers Shurden lectures…