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MADISON, Ind. (BP) -- The issues of homosexuality in general and same-sex marriage in particular simply will not go away. Increasingly, acrimonious debates about these matters find top billing in... more

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- ... Wow! Is that even possible? There is only one way I know to raise your children without raising your voice. It is to teach your children to have proper respect for... more

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EDITOR'S NOTE: From the States, published each Tuesday by Baptist Press, relays news and feature stories from state Baptist papers and other publications on initiatives by Baptist churches,... more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- The old maxim "like father, like son" possesses a core truth: Sons tend to resemble their fathers on some detectable level, whether it is their appearance, behavior or... more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- More than 270 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students received degrees ranging from certificates to doctorates during commencement exercises on the seminary's... more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) -- President Obama told the graduating class of U.S. Air Force Academy cadets May 23 that they are starting their service at a time when the burden of national... more

NEW YORK (BP) -- In one of his first televised interviews since seeking refuge in the United States, former Chinese prisoner Chen Guangcheng told CNN's Anderson Cooper "the brutality was beyond... more

ROME, Ga. (BP) -- Shorter University President Don Dowless is defending the university's renewed commitment to Christian principles amid the departure of at least 36 faculty members, a number of... more

NOTA DEL EDITOR: La columna First-Person (De primera mano) es parte de la edición de hoy de BP en español. Para ver historias adicionales, vaya a http://www.bpnews.net/espanolNASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)... more

ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) -- Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee May 23 to answer questions about the scandal involving agents partying with... more

DYERSBURG, Tenn. (BP) -- Ask any child to draw a farm, and they might use their Crayolas to produce an image that consists of a red barn, an apple tree on a green hill, and a cow or horse in the... more

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following reflection by Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was written after the death May 23 of Wayne Ward, 90, professor of Christian... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- In a display of just how far MTV will go to gain viewers, the cable network posted a casting notice for a reality television show aimed at getting young adults to lose... more

WASHINGTON (BP) -- Certainly the White House hoped opposition to its abortion/contraceptive mandate would fade as the months passed and as it issued "compromises," but religious groups have not... more

KANSAS CITY, MO. (BP) -- Graduation is just the beginning of a journey in learning and ministry, James T. Draper Jr. told 70 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduates as they received... more

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) -- Nate and Joanna Whitmire* told God they would go anywhere if He called them to missions. "It's not like He'd ever call us to Africa," they thought.But He did."We had a... more

MAYFIELD, Ky. (BP) -- Family members of various generations gather around a burial plot. One of the young men digs a hole to plant a dogwood tree while others clean up the site. A young girl lays... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn (BP) -- Eighty-six percent of Southern Baptist Convention pastors who expressed an opinion believe it would be good for the convention to have an African-American leader.Fred... more

Editor's note: To read a second story Baptist Press has posted on this issue, visit http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37901 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Darwinism and Christianity, even when... more

Editor's note: To read a second story Baptist Press has posted on this issue, visit http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37908 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- The danger of the scientific tail wagging the... more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Longtime Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Wayne Ward died May 23 at the age of 90. Ward served as a professor at Southern Seminary from 1951-1991.A professor... more

DALLAS (BP) -- Same-sex "marriage" is getting some high profile support lately. But in actual elections, it still loses.With the recent vote in North Carolina, 31 states now have amended their... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- When planting a church on Chicago's North Shore, we hosted a variety of short-term mission teams who joined us in a range of outreach efforts, all with a Gospel witness --... more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult... more