WASHINGTON (BP) – Planned Parenthood removed its president Tuesday (July 16) in part because of "philosophical differences," a day after the Trump administration acted to begin cutting about 10 …

By Mark Maynard/Kentucky Today ERLANGER, Ky. (BP) – Answers in Genesis, a creationism apologetics organization that runs the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum, is taking over operations of a local …

By Biblical Recorder staff FOUR OAKS, N.C. (BP) – Stephen Morris, pastor of Oliver's Grove Baptist Church in Four Oaks, North Carolina, was arrested July 5 and charged with five counts of …

Drone footage May 31 shows the Arkansas River exceeding its banks in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief sent two teams in the following weeks to help with the cleanup. Two …

By Rachel Lynn Aldrich/WORLD WASHINGTON (BP) — The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 decision June 20 in favor of a nearly century-old memorial cross in Bladensburg, Maryland appeared to some as a signal …

After enduring two earthquakes – one July 4 followed by a second July 5 – Immanuel Baptist Church in Ridgecrest, California needed to cancel Sunday services. Parts of the ceiling came down …

By Diana Chandler BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) — The National African American Fellowship (NAAF) of the Southern Baptist Convention has rebranded with the new website naaftogether.org , a new logo, and …

District Court of Tarrant County, Texas. GOOGLE/Photo By Diana Chandler FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) — Former Southern Baptist missionary, minister, and state convention worker Mark Aderholt pleaded …

LifeWay Christian Resources trustees presented Bibles to Ben and Lynley Mandrell after Ben Mandrell's election as president and CEO on June 28, 2019. GRETA REYNOLDS/BP By Carol Pipes ATLANTA (BP) — …

By Diana Chandler NASHVILLE (BP) — Answered prayer, unity, compassion, and clarity are among distinguishing characteristics of the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, Executive …

By Tom Strode and Roy Hayhurst DALLAS, Texas (BP) — The legal challenge to the constitutionality of the ministerial housing allowance is over – for now. The Freedom …

Horn unanimously elected to lead La. Baptists WOODWORTH, La. (BP) — The Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Board voted unanimously to elect Steve Horn as the 19th executive director of the …

A 2019 camp staffer with LifeWay Christian Resources was arrested last week in Overgaard, Arizona and charged with multiple felony counts of child molestation by the Navajo County Sheriff's Office. …

North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear was reelected yesterday, June 11, by acclamation to a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) during the SBC annual meeting in Birmingham, …

By Tom Strode JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) — Missouri has joined the list of states that have acted in 2019 to protect unborn children early in their development, and Louisiana has now done the same. …

By Diana Chandler AUSTIN, Texas (BP) — A religious freedom initiative dubbed the "Save Chick-fil-A bill" jumped its last hurdle in the Texas Legislature May 23 and is headed for Gov. Greg Abbott's …

By Tobin Perry WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) — Earlier this month FBI Director Christopher Wray presented the Baptist Friendship House of New Orleans with its distinguished 2018 Director's Community …

By Brandon Elrod he new First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, worship facility includes a memorial to the 26 people who lost their lives during the tragic Nov. 5, 2017 shooting. BRANDON …

By Tom Strode MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) — The Alabama Legislature has approved the strongest abortion prohibition yet in this year's state battles over the issue. GETTY IMAGES The Alabama Senate passed …

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (BP) — The ordination process of Southern Baptist churches is a weak spot when it comes to protecting congregations from sexual predators, according to a report released May 9. GETTY …

By Art Toalston GALVESTON, Texas (BP) — A San Antonio church has been removed from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention for retaining a pastor listed on the Texas Public Sex Offender Registry. …

By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) — Religious liberty and pro-life advocates have commended the Trump administration's new rule protecting freedom of conscience for health care providers. President …

By Tim Tune Pastor and bookstore owner Jon Speed protested New York’s expanded abortion law by closing his business the day after the law was signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. BP/Special SYRACUSE, N.Y. …

By Art Toalston ABERDEEN, Miss. (BP) — First Amendment legal precedent has been cited in a federal court's dismissal of a lawsuit against the North American Mission Board by a former …

By Diana Chandler From the 2018 National Day of Prayer: David Franklin, director for Bartow Baptist Association and Georgia coordinator for the National Day of Prayer, called upon those at the prayer …