Public hearing on illegal gambling penalty bill postponed
March 29, 2012
House Bill (HB) 414 isn’t quite ready for its debut. The bill’s public hearing at the Statehouse has been postponed so it can be cleaned
Writers Noll, Nystrom Chosen for Beeson’s Pollock Award
March 29, 2012
Biographers Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom will be honored by Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School as winners of the 2012 John Pollock Award for Christian
Alabama asks to join suit over ever-changing contraception mandate
March 29, 2012
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange says the Obama administration’s contraception coverage mandate violates federal law and would require state officials to regulate insurance in violation
Young singer finds strength, indentity in Christ
March 29, 2012
Jamie-Grace Harper’s Grammy Award-nominated contemporary Christian song, “Hold Me,” grows from her own experience of God’s sustaining grace as she has struggled with Tourette syndrome.
British, European Baptists call for action in Syria
March 29, 2012
LONDON — Leaders of three British religious bodies issued a joint statement March 15 calling on the United Nations Security Council to condemn Syria’s violent
Jamie Grace receives Dove Award nomination for new artist
March 29, 2012
Nineteen-year-old Grammy nominee Jamie Grace became one to watch at the upcoming 43rd annual Dove Awards. Winners of this year’s awards will be announced April
Kentucky Convention encourages early retirement
March 29, 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Baptist Convention is offering incentives for employees to take early retirement or resign voluntarily as part of a “strategic realignment”
Va. enacts law mandating ultrasound before abortion
March 29, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia has enacted a law that requires a woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound and to have the opportunity to
