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Donated bales of hay are making their way from southeastern Louisiana to drought-stricken Texas.... Continue Reading »

The North American Mission Board"s ministry evangelism emphasis is charting a new direction and new opportunities with a new executive director. Al Gilbert, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., has accepted the new leadership role.... Continue Reading »

With the global population nearing 7 billion and approximately 3,800 unengaged, unreached people groups -- those with no active church-planting strategy and less than a 2 percent evangelical presence -- the task of narrowing down which people group to... Continue Reading »

A federal appeals court struck down a critical part of the new federal health care law Friday, marking the first time an appellate court ruled against it and moving the suit a step closer to the Supreme Court.... Continue Reading »

Shortly before he was scheduled to address thousands at the annual Willow Creek Leadership Summit, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz withdrew, prompted by a petition signed by only 700 people on the liberal website Change.org that said Willow Creek Community... Continue Reading »

Judge Timothy Black, whom President Obama nominated in 2009 to the federal bench in Ohio, ruled Aug. 1 that a defamation lawsuit by former United States Rep. Steve Driehaus against the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List could go forward.... Continue Reading »

Some youngsters -- including the pastor"s -- had just run across the street from New Beginnings Baptist Church to the parsonage for a drink of water when the shoot-out began.... Continue Reading »

Social hostilities relating to religion or government restrictions on religion rose substantially for more than 2.2 billion people -- nearly a third of the world"s total population -- between 2006 and 2009, according to a new study released by... Continue Reading »

Sudan"s president, Gen. Omar al-Bashir -- an indicted war criminal -- is now ferociously targeting the 1 million Nuba and various other peoples to ensure that oil-rich Southern Kordofan remains under Khartoum"s control.... Continue Reading »

The federal government"s decision to continue to classify marijuana as a hazardous drug with no accepted medical use was the right ruling for the right reason, said a Southern Baptist public policy specialist.... Continue Reading »

A new poll suggests that self-described pro-choice Americans support a range of abortion restrictions such as banning second- and third-trimester abortions -- data that puts them at odds with the nation"s leading abortion rights groups and that could give... Continue Reading »