Study shows purity pledges help
February 23, 2006
A new survey of Baptist newlyweds suggests that though true love does not always wait, it waits more often if it starts with a formal
Hispanic evangelicals tout immigration reform
February 16, 2006
CARROLLTON, Texas — Breaking rank with leading evangelical groups that have chosen to stay out of current immigration debates, a new coalition has formed to
Courts strike down partial-birth abortion ban
February 16, 2006
WASHINGTON — In cases that may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court, two federal appeals courts Jan. 31 struck down the federal ban on
Investigation continues for nine burned churches
February 16, 2006
Less than a week after five Bibb County churches were torched by arsonists, four more in west Alabama burned, bringing the total to nine Baptist
Youth conflicted on abortion rights
February 16, 2006
A nationwide poll of 1,000 high school seniors found nearly half describing themselves as “pro-choice.” But when specific hypothetical scenarios were described, most said they
Mississippi cell-phone drive benefits missions
February 16, 2006
How do you get kids involved in missions? The answer came to Heywood Washburn in an unusual place — some 35,000 feet above the Earth’s
Alabama legislators, others agree Bible course needed, disagree on textbook named
February 16, 2006
The fight over naming a specific textbook for a proposed Bible course in public schools continues. House Bill 58 — sponsored by Rep. Ken Guin,
Catholic Church, sex-abuse victims settle
February 16, 2006
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A judge approved a settlement of up to $85 million Jan. 31 between sexual-abuse victims and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington,
