Louisiana House passes bill allowing guns in church
BATON ROUGE, La. (ABP) -- Reversing an earlier vote, Louisiana's House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly May 12 in favor of a bill that would allow concealed handguns to be carried in church.
Ladies create comfort, beauty for Belarus home
Women of First Baptist Church, Farmington, and residents at The Baptist Home at Arcadia Valley created 60 quilts for the Baptist House of Mercy in Belarus.
Girls in Action take missions odyssey
Girls in Action across the state participated in 2010: Missions Odyssey, seven retreats held in four locations in April and early May and sponsored by Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union.
What now? That’s a fair question
A lot of questions have emerged on the heels of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s voluntary dismissal of its nearly eight-year legal action against Word&Way. Most of them stem from a basic question: “What does this really mean for Word&Way and its future?” It has been
Controversial cross at center of recent Supreme Court case reportedly stolen
LAS VEGAS (ABP) -- A simple metal-pipe cross in the middle of the Mojave Desert that inspired a passionate Supreme Court debate about religious freedom has reportedly been stolen.
Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan reports run-in with the law
OSLO, Norway (ABP) -- A Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan who served 10 months in prison before being pardoned by the nation's president after appeals from Baptists worldwide says police have visited him again.
Liberty University to investigate alleged untruths by seminary president
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) -- Liberty University will investigate reports that its seminary president has misled the public in his testimony about converting from militant Islam to Christianity, officials of the school in Lynchburg, Va., announced May 10.
Kagan’s views on church-state relations, controversial social issues largely unknown
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- President Obama’s latest Supreme Court nominee has an exceedingly thin paper trail on some of the legal questions most important to people of faith. But one thing is clear if Solicitor General Elena Kagan is confirmed to fill retiring
Website launched to link ‘missional’ Baptists
OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) -- A website launched May 10 aims to become an online platform for churches, mission organizations, strategists and international partners to collaborate to share the gospel in the 21st century.
Court upholds mention of ‘God’ in presidential oath
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A federal appeals court ruled May 7 that a California atheist lacked legal standing to strip the phrase "so help me God" from the presidential oath of office.