PHILADELPHIA (ABP) -- A new study by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine says that abstinence-only sex-education programs are effective in getting pre-teens to put off having sex.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) -- Servando Silva and Matt Johnson were packed for Haiti before there was a trip to pack for.
The Mission, Texas-based nurse and doctor had prayed for an opportunity to help meet medical needs in the wake of
South Gate Baptist Church, Springfield, ministered with God's Appalachian Partnership in Eastern Kentucky to provide gifts for hurting families.
Concord Baptist Association just had to go help its “family.”
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That’s why, when the call went out for Missouri Baptists to
Plans to move forward with development of land once owned by Windermere Baptist Conference Center won’t be dampened despite bankruptcy court proceedings. Windermere Development Co., owned by William R. Jester of Springfield, filed a bankruptcy petition on Jan. 14 to halt a foreclosure sale in
Seventeen years ago, Uncle Jimmy received a wonderful gift as his heart deteriorated and as he began quickly to run out of time. He received a donor heart when such transplants were not nearly as common as they seem today. I've been thinking a
RAMONA, Calif. (ABP) -- The lawyer representing a former Southern Baptist Convention official challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency says there is legal precedent for courts to remove a sitting chief executive officer if the individual is found ineligible to serve.
Despite the importance many place on this book, even by those outside the church, studies continue to show a woeful ignorance of what's between the covers. In 2007, a book on religious literacy gave Americans an "F" in religion. A 2009 United Kingdom survey concluded
Food-assistance agencies nationwide serve 1 million more people each week than they did four years ago, according to a national study released Feb. 2. Statewide, the study showed 3 million Texans—including 1.2 million children—received help from a food pantry or soup kitchen.
MERIDIAN, Idaho (ABP) -- A mission team from two Southern Baptist churches in Idaho arrested for attempting to take 33 children from Haiti to a temporary orphanage in the neighboring Dominican Republic was only trying to help children suffering in the aftermath of the Jan.