Bob Allen
Suit opposes tax credits that fund religious schools
Three civil liberties organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s new school-choice bill which provides scholarships funded by tax credits for underprivileged students to attend ...
Iowa Baptist church is open to gay weddings
An American Baptist church in Iowa City has announced that it will perform same-sex weddings, presumably the state’s first Baptist congregation to do so since Iowa’s Supreme Court legalized gay mar...
Black Baptist leader rebukes Obama
A pastor who led the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution in 2009 applauding the election of Barack Obama as America’s first African-American president termed the president’s May 9 end...
Religious websites are the most attacked by hackers
Online religion may be good for your soul but dangerous for your computer, according to a new report.
...Twisters not random, says Calvinist preacher Piper
An author and preacher popular in Calvinist circles says it is no accident that recent killer tornadoes followed paths that ravaged some communities while others were spared.
...Stem cell results labeled meager, immoral
A Southern Baptist seminary president has termed findings that embryonic stem cell treatments might have improved the vision of two blind patients "downright ominous."
...Former aide says Southern Baptists had clout in Bush White House
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention
wielded significant influence on the White House during the presidency
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Supreme Court declines to review prayer case
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Jan. 17 to
reconsider a lower court’s decision barring a North Carolina county from
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Pressler denies Santorum endorsement was rigged
HOUSTON (ABP) – The host of a weekend gathering of religious
conservatives seeking consensus on an alternative presidential candidate
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Pro-evolution project says faith and science are reconcilable
A biologist with a scientific interest in evolution-creation debates
attributed a poll saying that three-fourths of Protestant pastors reject
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Baptist sexuality conference program released
ATLANTA (ABP) – Scholar and author Jenell Paris headlines A [Baptist]
Conference on Sexuality and Covenant program scheduled April 19-21 at
First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga....
'Birther' lawsuit has setback
WASHINGTON (ABP) – California pastor Wiley Drake’s three-year legal
battle challenging President Obama’s eligibility received a setback Dec.
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Baptists, Pentecostals seek common ground
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) – Leaders of two large Christian traditions held
preliminary conversations Dec. 13-15 to lay groundwork for ecumenical
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Task force completes study of SBC name change
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – A task force appointed to study a possible
name change for the Southern Baptist Convention has completed its work
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'Occupy' movement comes to church
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) – As the Occupy protest movement spreads into
cities across the United States and around the world, one North Carolina
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Backers say Baylor prof faces firing for his views
A Baylor University professor is fighting dismissal charges that
supporters say are aimed at silencing a dissident voice in America's
Jewish community.