Daily Archives: February 4, 2012

DALLAS (ABP) – The head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing house said Feb. 3 that Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s reversal of a decision to disassociate from Planned Parenthood means that pink-bound Holman Christian Standard Bibles taking up warehouse space likely won’t be going anywhere soon.

(ABP) — A few weeks ago we were invited to teach a class of clergy about North Carolina Amendment One, a measure on the ballot May 8 that would define marriage as only between one man and one woman. It was an honor to be asked, but not too surprising. […]

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (ABP) – Lloyd Householder, 82, a veteran Southern Baptist denominational worker and communicator, died Jan. 30.

DALLAS (ABP) – The charity behind the well-known pink-ribbon campaign for breast cancer awareness is denying that its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood was the result of pressure from conservative groups including the Southern Baptist Convention.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP) – A statehouse prayer landed a Baptist pastor in the middle of a controversy over a proposal to bring casino gambling to Kentucky.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Two-thirds of Americans believe public schools should rent to churches and other community groups, according to a new study by LifeWay Research.

(ABP) — Sometimes universities confront historic moments when their identity is put to the test, occasions that challenge a school’s public character, and require it to reexamine its mission in the world.