The Baptist World Congress, held every five years and drawing thousands of Baptists from around the world, is a refreshing event. Most people who are drawn to the Congress are hungry for what they discover. This year's event held recently in Honolulu was no
ISLAMABAD, Pakisan (ABP) -- Baptists around the globe are responding to the floods that have afflicted Pakistan for two weeks, sending money and resources in the aftermath of what could become the nation’s biggest natural disaster in modern times.
ATLANTA (ABP) -- A progressive Baptist group released a statement Aug. 10 praising a federal judge for upholding both marriage equality and religious freedom by declaring a California ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
(ABP) -- Institutionally and organizationally, American Protestantism is in a state of permanent transition -- and the Southern Baptist Convention is no exception.
These days it is clear that fewer religious Americans think of their primary identity in terms of a
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- West Virginia Baptists are mourning the passing of one of their most famous members -- longtime Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va) -- and a Virginia Baptist congregation will host his memorial service July 6.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Baptists have begun sending aid to Kyrgyzstan, home of a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from violence fueled by ethnic intolerance that has killed hundreds and driven hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks from their homes since June 10.
ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The last time the Southern Baptist Convention met in Orlando was 2000. That year marked passage of a revised Baptist Faith and Message, a show of theological unity that celebrated a hard-won battle for biblical inerrancy.
ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will study a motion to exclude churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists.
The Census Bureau reports the Hispanic population in the United States has more than doubled in the last 20 years. While that alarms many white Americans who fear losing the privileges that come with being part of a dominant culture, many evangelical Christians view it
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