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Is Jesus the only way? (part 4) - Added 1 day ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column by Mike Licona of the North American Mission Board is the final column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity.ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In the first column in this series I said...

LifeWay announces Fuge Winter Camp - Added 1 day ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Fuge isn't just a hot weather event anymore.This December, LifeWay Christian Resources will debut Fuge Winter Camp at LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center near Santa Fe, N.M.Fuge Winter Camp is...

Centrifuge challenges a new generation - Added 1 day ago

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--The Centrifuge camp began with a bang -- literally.Thunder shook the mountains surrounding the LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center near Santa Fe, N.M., as students, chaperones and leaders ventured...

4 TV ministries won't comply with probe - Added 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--Four television ministries still have refused to comply fully with a U.S. Senate committee's probe into their financial records nearly nine months after first being asked.The ministries of Kenneth...

MARRIAGE DIGEST: Obama leads McCain by 46 points among homosexual voters - Added 1 day ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--It's no secret that the homosexual community forms part of Barack Obama's base, and a new Harris Interactive poll shows the presumptive Democratic nominee holding a 46-point lead over Republican...

In Baltimore, new churches are priority - Added 1 day ago

BALTIMORE (BP)--During a summer in which Batman is back at the box office saving Gotham City, citizens of Baltimore -- number three on the list of most violent large cities in the United States -- may be looking for a...

Church embraces strategy to reach Peruvian people groups - Added 1 day ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles to be released in advance of this year's Week of Prayer for International Missions, Nov. 30-Dec. 7. Missionaries who serve in South America as well as churches...

Religion news in brief - Added 1 day ago

Conservative Christian broadcaster James Dobson beat out shock-jock Howard Stern and others in national online balloting for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Dobson's Focus on the Family radio program is...

Religion in the news - Added 1 day ago

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Churches assess damage day after Dolly - Added 2 days ago

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (BP)--Wind and heavy rain continued from what remained of Hurricane Dolly Thursday in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas while churches from the Gulf Coast westward toward McAllen, 70 miles inland,...

Baylor Univ. regents fire John Lilley - Added 2 days ago

GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)--John Lilley, president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has been terminated by the school's board of regents after less than three years in the position.Lilley was the focus of controversy in...

WORLDVIEW: It's not a multiple-choice faith - Added 2 days ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: Listen to an audio version of this column here.RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Pop quiz: If you don't really believe Jesus Christ is the one and only way to salvation, would you ...-- pray for the lost at home and...

Is Jesus the only way? (part 3) - Added 2 days ago

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In the first column in this series I said that we can come to terms with Jesus' claims to being the only way by answering three rudimentary questions. In yesterday's column we looked at the first...

Brazil missionary dies after brief illness - Added 2 days ago

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Elaine Lambach, 49, a missionary serving in Brazil through the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, died after a brief illness July 14. Lambach, a mother of five, was serving in church and...

Canadian Baptists approve name change - Added 2 days ago

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, Canada (BP)--Messengers to the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists annual convention overwhelmingly voted to change the convention's name to the Canadian National Baptist...

Medical workers prepare for missions - Added 2 days ago

ROCKVILLE, Va. (BP)--Cheryl Simonson and her volunteer missions team were only halfway through their weeklong trip to the mountains of Peru when they ran out of medical supplies. Fortunately a Baptist missionary was...

Appeals court again blocks Inter. porn law - Added 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has again upheld a judge's decision to block enforcement of a congressional effort to protect children from Internet pornography.A three-judge panel of the Third...

Alleged scandal in N. Orleans not tied to Baptist rebuild effort - Added 2 days ago

NEW ORLEANS (BP)--In a city too often known for scandal and financial wrongdoing, Southern Baptists want to be sure no one confuses their ongoing Operation NOAH (New Orleans Area Hope) Rebuild ministry with a...

Religion today - Added 2 days ago

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Pastors, pulpits, pews and potluck - Added 3 days ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: This monthly column about the issue of homosexuality by various authors is a partnership between Baptist Press and the SBC Task Force on Ministry to Homosexuals.MIDLAND, Texas (BP)--I spoke recently at a...

Is Jesus the only way? (part 2) - Added 3 days ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column by Mike Licona of the North American Mission Board is the second column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity.ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In yesterday's column I ended by saying...

Ministry helps collegians continue in faith - Added 3 days ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Alana Blackwell was a junior in high school when a friend at church invited her to hang out with a group of Baptist college students at Louisiana State University. Blackwell, a future LSU Tiger...

In New England, a foothold for revival - Added 3 days ago

WINTHROP, Mass. (BP)--For nine years in Massachusetts, the town of Winthrop has been changing little by little as God has worked through the lives of Dick and Doreen May.The Mays, natives to the area, planted the...

900 campers escape injury in NGU storm - Added 3 days ago

GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP)--About 900 teenagers and camp staff narrowly escaped injury when severe storms struck the campus of North Greenville University July 21.The students, who were attending Centrifuge and M-fuge camps,...

Baptists finishing last houses on Miss. Gulf - Added 3 days ago

GULFPORT, Miss. (BP)--Although thousands of Baptist volunteers have come and gone from the Mississippi Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina's onslaught in late August 2005, many more people and groups had good intentions...

Rehearing requested in child-rape case - Added 3 days ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--Louisiana has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling against that state's law permitting the death penalty for child rape after it was revealed the justices overlooked a similar federal...

Faith healer Todd Bentley called a fraud, false teacher - Added 3 days ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--A new faith healer is making headlines for his claims of supernatural powers, but conservative evangelical leaders warn that Todd Bentley is a fraud and a false teacher.Bentley, leader of a revival...

Is Jesus the only way? (part 1) - Added 4 days ago

Editor's note: This column by Mike Licona of the North American Mission Board is the first column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity.ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--A June report by the Pew Research Center...

At Bonnaroo, Baptists offer 'More than Music' - Added 4 days ago

MANCHESTER, Tenn. (BP)--For four days the world converged on the hamlet of Manchester, Tenn. (pop. 10,000). Or so it seemed. This unassuming town surges to the state's fifth-largest city when Bonnaroo gets under way...

Man accepts Christ after killing deacon - Added 4 days ago

TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (BP)--A 28-year-old man accepted Christ in jail after causing a tragedy that had left a pastor feeling responsible for the death of a church deacon.Tim McGehee, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in...

McCain's VP choice 'significantly important' to evangelicals, Land tells TV audience - Added 4 days ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Republican John McCain's choice of a running mate, particularly his or her views on abortion rights, will go a long way toward determining whether evangelicals support him this fall, Richard Land...

Kazakhstan weighs new religion restrictions - Added 4 days ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--Kazakhstan, which already places burdens on religious organizations, will substantially increase restrictions on expressions of faith if new legislation becomes law, according to the U.S. Commission on...

Iranian believer flees to Turkey - Added 4 days ago

ANKARA, Turkey (BP)--Days after his release from a month of interrogations and torture under secret police custody, Iranian Christian Mohsen Namvar has fled across the border into Turkey with his family.Traveling by...

A simple plant battles malaria & gives hope in rural Africa - Added 4 days ago

HORN OF AFRICA (BP)--Every 30 seconds, a child in Africa dies of malaria.But it doesn't have to happen. Malaria often can be prevented. When that's not possible, malaria can be treated. And it can be done simply and...

Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible _ online - Added 5 days ago

The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again _ online. The British Library says the full text of the Codex...

Faith & politics - Added 5 days ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--If the results of a recent study are at all accurate, most Americans don't consider the precepts of their faith when they make their decisions on which political candidates to support.In a recent...

Iraq chaplaincy & gridiron championship - Added 5 days ago

ONEONTA, Ala. (BP)--Serving apple juice to children at Vacation Bible School. Tying yellow ribbons around front-yard trees. Taking the family out to cheer on the local high school football team.It wasn't long ago that...

Pastor promotes foster care - Added 5 days ago

GARLAND, Texas (BP)--Russell Rogers is a pastor with a passion for encouraging church families to adopt or provide foster care for displaced children.Rogers' congregation, Trinity Life Baptist Church in Garland, Texas,...

Appeals court rejects FCC Super Bowl fine - Added 5 days ago

PHILADELPHIA (BP)--A federal appeals court July 21 overturned a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to impose a $550,000 indecency fine on CBS Corp. for the controversial 2004 Super Bowl halftime show in...

Dobson says he might endorse McCain; he and Mohler express concern about Obama - Added 5 days ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Focus on the Family's James Dobson said on his July 21 radio broadcast he is rethinking his previous views on the presidential election and that he "might" endorse Republican John McCain, who the...

Christians offer hope, healing to China earthquake victims - Added 5 days ago

CHENGDU, China (BP)--Christian workers who responded to a major earthquake in China have found a variety of ways to bring hope and healing to those who lost everything. The massive 7.9 quake killed nearly 70,000 people...

Group says it ordains 3 women Catholic priests - Added 6 days ago

An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition barring women from the priesthood says it ordained three women on Sunday. Church officials did not recognize...

Activist group ordains women Catholic priests - Added 6 days ago

An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition on women in the priesthood is planning an ordination ceremony for three women in Boston. The group known as...

Texas OKs standards for elective Bible classes - Added 1 week ago

The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to establishing Bible classes in public high schools, rejecting calls to draw specific teaching guidelines and warnings that it could lead to constitutional...

Investigación: Las familias cristianas y religiosas son más felices, y tienen menos probabilidad de divorcio - Added 1 week ago

NASHVILLE, Tennessee. (BP)--Los hombres que regularmente asisten a servicios religiosos tienen más probabilidades de tener matrimonios estables y felices, más probabilidades de estar involucrados con sus hijos y menos...

Assurance of salvation - Added 1 week ago

EL CAJON, Calif. (BP)--As Christians, we've been given a genuine deed to heaven -- the promise of eternal life, an inheritance and a mansion that can never be foreclosed on. Our ownership in Christ is documented in the...

The election & the Supreme Court - Added 1 week ago

!P>ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--Many hot button issues will be debated in the forthcoming presidential campaign. Among the hottest topics likely will be the war against terrorism, rising energy costs and the softening American...

Church to vote on Sutton retirement - Added 1 week ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Members of Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn., will vote July 27 on an early retirement package for senior pastor Jerry Sutton.The church has been embroiled in controversy over Sutton's...

LIFE DIGEST: British mother eliminates embryonic children to gain healthier baby - Added 1 week ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--A London woman is carrying Great Britain's first baby guaranteed to be free of inherited breast cancer, but she had to eliminate several of her other embryonic offspring to do so.Doctors used...

Builder helps churches enlarge passion - Added 1 week ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story is part of a monthly Baptist Press series to explore and describe how individuals, churches, associations and conventions exhibit a passion for Christ and His Kingdom.SHELBYVILLE, Ky....