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Focus on the Family cuts 200 jobs
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 | by Staff COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP)--Focus on the Family is cutting 202 jobs as economic hardships threaten to reduce the charitable donations that comprise 95 percent of t...

Debate in Texas centers on evolution
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 | by Staff AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--Should students in public schools be taught science by examining the strengths and weaknesses in evolution, or should they be taught only the mat...

Christmas boxes en route to chaplains
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 | by Mickey Noah ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--At least 200 Southern Baptist Convention-endorsed military chaplains will be pleasantly surprised with a box of Christmas goodies by Dec....

Calif. court takes up Prop 8 lawsuit, but allows it to remain in effect during interim
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 | by Michael Foust SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--The California Supreme Court agreed Nov. 19 to consider the constitutionality of Proposition 8, but -- in a win for supporters -- allowed...

Wyo. Baptists urge prayer for nation
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 | by Lynn Nikkel CHEYENNE, Wyo. (BP)--Messengers to the 25th annual meeting of the Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention at Sunnyside Baptist Church in Cheyenne Nov. 13-14 encour...

N.E. Baptists mark 50 years of ministry
Posted on Nov 20, 2008 | by Allyson Clark MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (BP)--The Baptist Convention of New England celebrated 25 years as a convention and 50 years of Southern Baptist ministry in New England d...

Relief workers arrested in Orissa, India
(christiansunite.com) - Seven Christians working for the Discipleship Centre relief agency in Bhadrak district, Orissa, India were arrested by police for forcible conversion on November 4. According t...

HSLDA Files Political Asylum Case
PURCELLVILLE, Virginia, (christiansunite.com) -- A homeschooling family who recently fled Germany has filed for political asylum in the United States. "The persecution of homeschoolers in Germany has ...

Witch Hunt Falls Flat as Kline Easily Refutes Tiller
WICHITA, Kans., (christiansunite.com) -- Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline took the stand today to answer questions about his investigation of late-term abortionist George R. Tiller while K...

The California Constitution Requires That Proposition 8 Stands
November 20, 2008 SACRAMENTO, California, (christiansunite.com) -- With their vote under attack by liberal county governments, homosexual activists and the ACLU, many Californians are wondering wheth...

The Best Thing Happened To End Black Genocide
With the election of Barack Obama, we now have a face to put on the abortion plague and a link to the leader of the abortion industry, Planned Parenthood. Despite our efforts, in reality, the time to ...

Woman will not be forced to have abortion
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 | by Staff WASHINGTON (BP)--A woman who is six months pregnant will not undergo a forced abortion, despite being held for nearly a week in a Chinese hospital under threat of th...

WorldCrafts gives hope to Afghan families
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 | by Stephanie J. Blackmon BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Amid the arid lands of Afghanistan, where hills and snow-capped mountains surround deserts and poppy fields, a cloud of war ho...

True Love Waits gets more Africa funding
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 | by Don Beehler GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP)--After successfully launching True Love Waits in six African countries a little over a year ago, the ministry has received an additional ...

Ky. Baptists address U.S. economy
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 | by Drew Nichter LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP)--The 171st annual meeting of the Kentucky Baptist Convention convened Nov. 11 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington with the theme "Shar...

Penn-Jersey Baptists unveil new DR unit
Posted on Nov 19, 2008 | by Staff ALTOONA, Pa. (BP)--The 38th annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey, hosted by the Conemaugh Valley Baptist Association, convened with ...

Steps to debt freedom
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--The current world economy is squeezing American families with mounting financial pressures. The subprime disaster, declining home values, escalating foreclosures and inflationar...

Two Christians killed in Mosul, Iraq
(christiansunite.com) - In the ongoing violence against Christians in Mosul, Iraq, two sisters were killed and their mother wounded by a gang of teenaged assailants on November 12. The gunmen shot one...

Religious Leaders and the Protect Marriage Coalition Leadership Unite Against Vicious Attacks by Prop 8 Opponents
SANTA ANA, Calif., (christiansunite.com) -- Today, leaders representing the broad coalition of Californians who supported Proposition 8 called on leaders of the No on Proposition 8 campaign, in additi...

NY Times Distorts First Amendment to Secularize Society
WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- Don Feder, editor of the Boycott The New York Times website, called a Times editorial demanding "equal space" for the display of religious symbols part of the pape...

Northwestern State beats East Texas Baptist 87-65
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NATCHITOCHES, La. -- Northwestern State blocked 12 shots as it defeated East Texas Baptist 87-68 Tuesday night. Northwestern State (1-1) ran out to a 36-18 lead at halftime th...

Vietnam refugee fulfills vow in London
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Erich Bridges LONDON (BP)--Eyes brighten when Southern Baptist missionary Peter Le steps into Las Vegas Nails, one of the scores of Vietnamese-owned nail salons in east Lo...

Coffee shop prayer yields fruit in London
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Erich Bridges LONDON (BP)--Patrick and Sarah Sims*, International Mission Board team leaders for London, believe in practicing what they preach."Our job is to engage the u...

Brit returns to a new mission field
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Erich Bridges LONDON (BP)--When British Baptist missionary Boyd Williams arrived home from Brazil 30 years ago to lead London's Southall Baptist Church, he got a rude awak...

Social conservatives key to Republican Party
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Michael Foust NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Some moderate Republicans are urging the party to jettison social conservatives in order to reclaim the White House and Congress, but ...

BGAV reduces budget; Tony Campolo tells messengers he opposed Calif. Prop. 8
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Robert Dilday ROANOKE, Va. (BP)--The Baptist General Association of Virginia, acknowledging an uncertain economic environment, approved a reduced budget for 2009 during a ...

Ill. Baptists increase CP giving again
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Martin King SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)--Nearly 500 messengers gathered for the 102nd annual meeting of the Illinois Baptist State Association at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Spri...

Tenn. Baptists approve W. Africa mission
Posted on Nov 18, 2008 | by Lonnie Wilkey & Connie Davis Bushey HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Messengers to the 134th annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, held Nov. 11-12 at First Baptis...

Chemical Attack on Pro-lifers at Abortion Clinic Sickens Two
WICHITA, Kans., (christiansunite.com) -- Two pro-life volunteers participating in a round the clock prayer vigil were sickened last week, after being exposed to fumes from an oily substance that had b...

Black Preachers are Worshiping the Wrong Messiah
November 18, 2008 LOS ANGELES, (christiansunite.com) -- With the November 4 election of Barack Obama, black preachers have been celebrating across the country. Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and Pr...

Hope for the Heart
DALLAS, (christiansunite.com) -- HOPE FOR THE HEART, a leading international Christian counseling ministry led by June Hunt, was the first-place recipient of the 2008 Lilly Reintegration Award in the ...

Richard Viguerie, in Conservatives Betrayed, Foresaw Collapse of GOP and Describes the Road Back for Conservatives
MANASSAS, Virginia, (christiansunite.com) -- Richard A. Viguerie's 2006 book, Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause (Bonus Boo...

Humanist Groups out to Ban Christmas and God from the Public Square Again This Year
WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- A number of humanist and atheist groups are beginning their annual campaign to ban Christmas and God from the public square and they will fail as they always do. T...

Protests rise as Chinese govt. edicts abortion for woman
Posted on Nov 17, 2008 | by Stafff WASHINGTON (BP)--A woman who is six months pregnant is being held in a Chinese hospital for a forced abortion under the government's infamous population control pro...

Former Yugoslav abortionist embraces life
Posted on Nov 17, 2008 | by Staff BELGRADE, Serbia (BP)--A physician once considered a champion of abortion in the former Yugoslavia now defends the lives of unborn children.Sotjan Adasevic said he p...

N.C. conv. removes CBF from giving plan
Posted on Nov 17, 2008 | by Staff GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--North Carolina Baptists, gathered for their 178th annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 10-12, eliminated the option for churches to contri...

IMB appoints 105 new missionaries
Posted on Nov 17, 2008 | by Emilee Brandon HOUSTON (BP)--"Who will come back for us?" a Zambian man cried out as Tommy and Cyndi Morreau departed his village.The short-term missionaries longed to sta...

Still a long way to go for equality
LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--The election of the first African-American president of the United States was a great moment in American history.Regardless of policy or party, it is incredible that a black man ha...

UN Affiliated Atheist Group Launches Ad Campaign Targeting God and Christmas
MEDIA ADVISORY, (christiansunite.com) -- The national advocacy group In God We Trust today blasted the atheist American Humanist Association for its ad campaign mocking the Christmas holiday and Ameri...

Dr. Alveda King -
ATLANTA, (christiansunite.com) -- Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said today that the struggle for unborn children's civil rights will...

New Yorkers Respond to
NEW YORK, (christiansunite.com) -- An ad campaign stating that "abortion changes you" has been seen by hundreds of thousands of New York subway riders during the past month. And more than 1,400 New Yo...

Pro-Family Election Results Show America Remains a Center-Right Country
November 17, 2008 WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- Despite what some have suggested, the 2008 general elections were not a repudiation of pro-family values. In key races and constitutional amendm...

Southwest Baptist stuns Utes at home
The Utah basketball team was shocked in its season opener by Southwest Baptist 80-79 Saturday afternoon. The Division II Bearcats led throughout the game and survived a driving shot by Utah's Lawrence...

Marquette tops Houston Baptist in season opener
Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Wesley Matthews led all scorers with 27 points, as 16th-ranked Marquette opened the season and the Buzz Williams era with a 95-64 thrashing of Houston Baptist. William...

Baptist Child & Family Services awarded expanded state contract
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Baptist Softball Rolls Into Week Four At Baillou Hills
It took two extra innings for Macedonia Baptist to pull off a 28-20 slugfest on Saturday and hand Faith United their first loss in the 17-and-under division of the Baptist Sports Council's Rev. Dr. Wi...

Peruvian villagers responsive to Gospel
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Kristen Hiller EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's Week of Prayer for International Missions, Nov. 30-Dec. 7, focuses on missionaries who serve in South America as well as churches...

Trading tee times for divine appointments
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Dea Davidson EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's Week of Prayer for International Missions, Nov. 30-Dec. 7, focuses on missionaries who serve in South America as well as churches p...

W.Va. Baptists back state marriage amend.
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Staff PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (BP)--West Virginia Southern Baptists adopted a resolution during their annual meeting Nov. 7-8 urging the passage of a state constitutional marri...

Fla. Baptists elect president by 12 votes
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Barbara Denman & Joni B. Hannigan LAKELAND, Fla. (BP)--In a rare contested race, messengers to the Florida Baptist State Convention elected a president by the slimmest of ...

Nev. Baptists reach variety of cultures
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Sandy Farnham RENO, Nev. (BP)--The Nevada Baptist Convention celebrated its 30th anniversary by welcoming nine new affiliated congregations including Filipino, Hispanic, V...

High court weighs religious sect exhibit
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP)--A city should not be required to include an exhibit from an unorthodox religious sect in a public park just because it has accepted a Ten Comma...

Christian pastors in Iran acquitted of apostasy
Posted on Nov 14, 2008 | by Mark Kelly NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Charges of apostasy -- or leaving Islam -- against two pastors in Iran were dismissed, apparently on false grounds. One observer believes...

Priest dies after being beaten by Hindu militants in Orissa, India
(christiansunite.com) - On October 28, Father Bernard Digal (48), died after succumbing to injuries he suffered in an attack by Hindu militants in Kandhamal, Orissa in late August.

Will Federal Female Employees Be Safe from Cross-Dressing Men Using Ladies
November 14, 2008 CHICAGO, (christiansunite.com) -- Americans For Truth reacted to the news that an Obama Administration will likely enact "gender identity" as a nondiscrimination category by questio...

Conservatives deserve credit for resignations of Blunt, Putnam
MANASSAS, Virginia, (christiansunite.com) -- Conservatives deserve credit for the resignations of Roy Blunt and Adam Putnam from their positions as the second and third-ranking House Republicans, Rich...

Baptist Health seeks to take over Florida Keys hospital
Baptist Health South Florida has announced that it is considering taking over operations at Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon -- a move that would give it control of two of the three hospitals in the F...

IMB reports cautionary finance news
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Don Graham HOUSTON (BP)--While celebrating the largest number of missionaries under appointment in recent years, trustees of the International Mission Board also heard som...

Ga. Baptist policy impacts female pastors
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Staff JONESBORO, Ga. (BP)--Messengers to the Georgia Baptist Convention overwhelmingly approved a policy Nov. 11 that will allow convention officials to refuse donations f...

Okla. elects 1st Native American president
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Bob Nigh BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (BP)--Emerson Falls, pastor of Glorieta Baptist Church in Oklahoma City and a member of the Sac and Fox and Choctaw tribes, was elected as the...

SBTC celebrates 10th anniversary
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Tammi Reed Ledbetter HOUSTON (BP)--Hosted by Houston's First Baptist Church, the annual meeting of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention returned, Nov. 10-11, to the c...

BGCT postpones name change, trims budget
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Samuel Smith FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Messengers to the 2008 Baptist General Convention of Texas, meeting Nov. 10-11 at the Fort Worth Convention Center, decided a proposal...

Dakota convention coincides with blizzard
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Karen L. Willoughby MANDAN, N.D. (BP)--An untimely blizzard shortened the business of the 25th annual meeting of the Dakota Baptist Convention. The widespread first snowfa...

Trespassing gay activists arrested at Union
Posted on Nov 13, 2008 | by Staff JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Three members of Soulforce, a homosexual activist group, were arrested Nov. 10 for trespassing on the campus of Union University in Jackson, Ten...

Imprisoned Christian dies, more believers arrested in Eritrea
(christiansunite.com) - Eritrean Christians continue to be targeted by authorities and imprisoned for their faith, according to an October 30 report from Open Doors-USA. Teklesenbet Gebreab Kiflom (36...

Internet Evangelist Declares,
November 13, 2008 MEDIA ADVISORY, (christiansunite.com) -- Bill Keller, founder of Liveprayer.com and the world's leading internet evangelist, has been long concerned about the American economic cris...

President-elect Obama Reveals his Position as
WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- On Sunday, transition advisors to the President-elect have revealed a potential list of executive orders that Mr. Obama would reverse once he became President.

U.S. Supreme Court May be Next Stop for Illinois
MEDIA ADVISORY, (christiansunite.com) -- The following is a statement from Thomas Brejcha regarding today's decision by federal appeals court that the Illinois Secretary of State's offices does not ha...

Marriage Wins in Three More States
November 13, 2008 WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- Three more states join 27 others this week as citizens in California, Florida and Arizona passed amendments to protect marriage. But homosexual ...

Baptist group blocks gifts to rival
Comment on this story GREENSBORO - Churches affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina will no longer be allowed to support a rival Baptist group through their annual gifts to th...

Mission Colleyville reaches Hispanics; 285 accept Christ
Posted on Nov 12, 2008 | by Samuel Smith COLLEYVILLE, Texas (BP)--The seventh annual Mission Colleyville resulted in 285 decisions for Christ and 40 baptisms on the spot as 3,722 people from more tha...

16 Conference examines Calvinism
Posted on Nov 12, 2008 | by Don Beehler WOODSTOCK, Ga. (BP)--The John 3:16 Conference, described by organizers as a biblical and theological assessment of and response to five-point Calvinism, was he...

Study looks at small church challenges
Posted on Nov 12, 2008 | by Mark Kelly NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Most pastors of smaller-membership Southern Baptist churches see what God is calling their congregations to be and do and have laid the g...

Prominent House Church Leader Pastor
BEIJING, (christiansunite.com) -- Pastor "Bike" Zhang Mingxuan, his wife and his wife's sister were declared "free" by government officials on October 27, 2008 at 1 p.m. in Nanyang, Henan province as ...

Death Threat Issued to Operation Rescue in Wake of Obama Victory
WICHITA, Kans., (christiansunite.com) -- Operation Rescue has received a death threat through its web site yesterday from a pro-abortion supporter emboldened by Sen. Barack Obama's victory. The threat...

Hope of Pregnancy Centers Advances
LANSDOWNE, VA, (christiansunite.com) -- In the wake of the 2008 election results, Care Net President Melinda Delahoyde reported good news among our nation's pregnancy centers.

Pro-Lifers Must Look Beyond Elections and Focus on Making a Local Impact
WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- "With the defeat of pro- life ballot initiatives in Colorado and South Dakota, the election of an ardent abortion advocate for president, and an increase in the nu...

All Republican Congressional Leaders Should Resign... or Grassroots Conservatives will Withhold Support from the GOP
MANASSAS, Virginia, (christiansunite.com) -- "Republican congressional leaders have failed their party, they have failed the conservatives who make up their party's base, and they have failed the Amer...

A Letter to Presidential-elect Barack Obama, from MIM President Bob Peters
NEW YORK, (christiansunite.com) -- MIM President Bob Peters has sent President-elect Obama a letter, published in full at www.obscenitycrimes.org (Current News). In his letter, Mr. Peters said in part...

Prominent Beijing Rights Defense Lawyers Fired from Law Firm
BEIJING, (christiansunite.com) -- On October 30, Christian Attorney Li Subin was told he was fired from the Beijing Yitong Law Firm because he and 35 other Beijing lawyers signed an open letter in Aug...

Colorado Personhood Momentum Expands to the National Scene
DENVER, (christiansunite.com) -- The first campaign to affirm the personhood of pre-born children in US history has now come to an end, but supporters and organizers are looking to spread grassroots p...

Pro-Life Election Day Setbacks Will Only Re-Energize the Fight for Life
WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- Following the win by Barack Obama and the defeat of three important pro- life measures in South Dakota, California, and Colorado, Operation Rescue stands undeterre...

McCain Lost Because He Failed to Expose Obama
We at Americans For Truth join millions of pro-life and pro-family advocates in expressing our profound sadness that America has just elected the most pro- homosexual and pro-abortion presidential can...

Kentucky Baptists map out their call
Kentucky Baptist leaders yesterday called on church members to spread a "message of hope" to their struggling neighbors but also warn of hell for those who don't repent and follow Jesus.

Southern Baptists Focus on Optimism
LAKELAND | Southern Baptist pastors and lay persons from across Florida rallied around messages to fight through gloomy financial and membership reports Monday and Tuesday at the annual meeting of the...

Chaplains impart support & strength to soldiers in combat
Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | by Ann Lovell TONGDUCHON, South Korea (BP)--Lt. Col. David Rogers understands the importance of having chaplains in a war zone. He says the three best chaplains he's ever kno...

Chaplain looks for "God-fearing" soldiers
Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | by Ann Lovell SEOUL, South Korea (BP)--Chaplain (CPT) Jim Breckenridge is at home in Korea. Before becoming an Army chaplain, he taught Old Testament at a nondenominational s...

Army hospital keeps chaplain challenged
Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | by Ann Lovell SEOUL, South Korea (BP)--Chaplain (CPT) Roger Hall understands what it's like to be an enlisted soldier. Hall began his military career as a private. He moved u...

Sr. chaplain underscores value of prayer
Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | by Ann Lovell SEOUL, South Korea (BP)--Chaplain (COL) Kenneth Kerr, as 8th Army Command Chaplain, is the senior chaplain serving in South Korea. In addition to providing past...

Vet pursues chaplaincy after close call
Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | by Michelle Myers FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Jared Vineyard can't remember a time when he did not have a sincere interest in the military. When he accepted Christ at a young age...

Battle-scarred vet says college rescued him
Posted on Nov 11, 2008 | by Chris Shoemaker BLUEFIELD, Va. (BP)--On June 8, 1944, Private William A. Stevens Jr. landed on a beach in Normandy, France, along with another 200 soldiers from the United...

W. Va Southern Baptists press for gay marriage ban
The West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists has joined a socially conservative political action group in calling for an amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Australia rejects family with Down son
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 | by Staff WASHINGTON (BP)--An Australian government agency has denied a German doctor's request for permanent residency because his 13-year-old son has Down syndrome.Bernhard ...

Fireproof crosses $28M in 7th weekend
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 | by Staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"Fireproof" finished in the top 10 in its seventh weekend on a per-theater average and also crossed the $28 million mark in total gross, accor...

Sexual content on television linked to teen pregnancy
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 | by Staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Teenagers who have a high level of exposure to sexual content on television are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy compared to thos...

Nominees abound at Mo. convention
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 | by Allen Palmeri ST. LOUIS (BP)--A total of 13 candidates vied for office during the Missouri Baptist Convention's annual meeting, even though the messenger registration tota...

Mo. Peace Committee issues report
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 | by Allen Palmeri ST. LOUIS (BP)--The six Missouri Baptist conservative leaders who make up the Peace Committee have concluded they need a mediator.Although the committee was ...

Utah-Idaho conv. re-elects 3 officers
Posted on Nov 10, 2008 | by Staff HOLLADAY, Utah (BP)--The three top officers of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention were re-elected during Oct. 21-22 sessions at the Salt Lake City-area Holla...

Tell your teens what God says about them
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--I couldn't believe it. How could those guys be so mean?It was my sophomore year of high school, and it was time to vote for our class officers and class favorites. I had heard s...

Baptists Gather as Money Ills Grow
LAKELAND | Southern Baptists from across Florida are under gathering financial storm clouds as they convene here Monday for the annual Florida State Baptist Convention.