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ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- Mourners filled First Baptist Church in
Arlington, Texas, March 9 to celebrate the life of a young mission
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A Baptist advocate for religious liberty and the
separation of church and state said March 8 that House committee
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WASHINGTON (ABP) – The United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on
March 2 that anti-gay protests outside of military funerals by a
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Southern Baptist preacher and former presidential candidate Mike
Huckabee has landed in hot water for comments critical of Islam.
TYLER, Texas (ABP) -- The mother of one of two men sentenced Jan. 10 to
life in prison for burning down a string of East Texas churches said she
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TUSCON, Ariz. (ABP) -- Arizonans are up in arms over plans by
Westboro Baptist Church to picket the funerals of six people gunned down
in Tuscon Jan. 8.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABP) -- An American Baptist church in California is
standing behind its pastor, currently held on multiple charges of child
molestation.
CARROLLTON, Ga. (ABP) -- Two decades after declaring victory in the war
over biblical inerrancy, Southern Baptists are battling about booze.
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) -- A delegation of 12 American Baptist leaders
recently returned from a 13-day study tour in the Middle East.
ATLANTA (ABP) -- The real culprit behind declining baptisms in the
Southern Baptist Convention might be youth soccer, says historian Bill
Leonard.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- A private, historically Baptist Christian
college has sparked a national media firestorm over its successful
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Religious leaders on both sides of the abortion
debate called on Congress to include free birth control as a component
in health-care reform.
ALBANY, Ga. (ABP) – For the second year in a row, the Georgia Baptist
Convention has withdrawn fellowship from one of its most historic member
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As bombings increased recently in Baghdad, a Baptist pastor in the Iraqi capital told a European Baptist leader that Christians there are living in fear, especially after an attack October 31 at a ...
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A coalition of more than 60 religious, veterans,
academic and advocacy groups called on the United States military Nov.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's top
spokesman for moral concerns added his voice to a chorus of conservative
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Robert Bratcher, the New Testament translator of the Good News Bible which became a best-selling version in the 1970s, died July 10 at a retirement community in Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
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