Daily Archives: February 4, 2012

MOSCOW (ABP) – Protestants gathered Jan. 15 in Moscow for what is thought to be the first celebration of Martin Luther King Day in Russia.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention wielded significant influence on the White House during the presidency of George W. Bush, according to a former White House aide promoting a new memoir.

BENTON, Ark. (ABP) – A former music minister at an Arkansas Baptist church convicted of sexually abusing children has been granted parole, according to media sources.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has revised a policy that it had recently used in deciding to stop funding for Planned Parenthood, leaving the impression it had reversed itself on future grants to the country’s No. 1 abortion provider. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious […]

New York Giants backup quarterback David Carr arrives at his first Super Bowl, persevering through a bumpy NFL career.

Grant Ethridge, president of the Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference, recounts his first experience in 1984 with the annual sessions and previews plans for this year’s June 17-18 conference in New Orleans.

Speakers at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the nation’s capital usually keep their talks diplomatic. After all, the room is filled with ambassadors, lawmakers from both parties, Cabinet members, and people of various faiths from around the world. But with President Obama in the audience, featured speaker Eric Metaxas […]