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.
Understanding who you are
It is no accident that the gospels give a significant amount of space to the events and words of Jesus during Holy Week. God planted the infant seed of messiahship when Jesus was born. The unspeakable gift of the infant Christ --
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.
Tornadoes keep Va. Baptists’ disaster relief ministries busy in April
RICHMOND, Va. -- Tornadoes kept Virginia Baptists’ disaster relief ministries on its toes during the first half of April, as severe weather caused damage in two widely-separated parts of the state -- along the Chesapeake Bay and in the mountains of Southwest Virginia.
Wildfires destroy church facility; TBM serves affected region
Wildfires that rampage across parts of Texas destroyed most of the facilities of First Baptist Church of Possum Kingdom Lake. More than 90 wildfires have broken out across the state, torching about 1 million acres.
Women celebrate missions, ministry at 2011 M-Counter
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Ground Zero cross on the move again
The Cross at Ground Zero, an i-beam that fell from the fiery, apocalyptic heavens during the 9/11 terror attacks and stuck upright in the ground, will soon be moving to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Musicians’ new project aimed at bringing the gospel to southern Sudan
Musicians Dave and Jess Ray of Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston are donating all proceeds from their latest CD, Music For the Radio, to purchase solar-powered, fixed-tuned handheld radios to enable people in southern Sudan to pick up gospel broadcasts.
Did archaeologists cover up discovery of nails from Jesus’ cross?
An Israeli-Canadian journalist believes he may have tracked down two of the iron nails used to crucify Jesus to the cross — or at least objects that could be the long-lost relics.
Baptist lecturer 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.