State Rests in Baptist Foundation of Arizona Trial

Prosecutors rested their case against two former Baptist Foundation of Arizona officials on trial for felony charges last Wednesday. The trial resumes Tuesday, when lawyers for William Pierre Crotts and Thomas Dale Grabinski begin their defense. Crotts, former...

Blogging Trustee Seeks Investigation of IMB Controversy

A trustee accused of sowing discord by blogging about disagreement with new International Mission Board policies on baptism and private prayer language and caucusing by fellow trustees opposed to the agency’s president is calling for an outside investigation...

Kentucky Debates Religious Dates in Classroom

Critics of plans by Kentucky’s school board to add secular references B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Area) to historical dating in social studies textbooks appealed at a public hearing for reversal of the decision and continuing to use only B.C....

Baptist Doctors Treat Earthquake Victims

Hungarian doctors and paramedics from Baptist World Aid operated on and treated patients one day after Saturday’s 6.7 Richter scale earthquake in Indonesia. Indonesia’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami, Saturday’s quake near Yogyakarta on the...