Baptist Press News

A Chinese pastor and his wife were slain Aug. 31 at Penglai Christian Church, where Lottie Moon, an icon of Southern Baptist mission work, served in the early 1900s in Penglai, China.

Through prayer, elderly Korean-American couple lose their resentment toward the Japanese.

God has blessed Baptist work in Cambodia -- with 304 churches started since 1993 -- but partnership is needed for the work to move forward, the president of Cambodia's Baptist Union said.

After initially denying it, Jim Wallis, a leader of the evangelical left, has admitted his Sojourners organization has received funding from leftist billionaire George Soros, who has financed groups promoting abortion, atheism and "gay marriage."

Seven years after Alabama removed a Ten Commandments monument from a government building under federal court-order, the state of Oklahoma is preparing to erect its own Ten Commandments monument on capitol grounds.

Recent media reports have pointed to the growing trend of homeschooling, with Texas alone seeing a 20 percent increase in the number of homeschooling families in the past five years.

Columnist Kelly Boggs says if smoking in movies can influence teens -- as the CDC says -- then so can film sexuality.

After pondering "Eat Pray Love" and "Get Low," editor suggests the words of the psalmist.

Government-perpetrated violence against a Catholic village in Vietnam has highlighted a series of human rights abuses in the communist nation, and three U.S. congressmen are calling on the United Nations to intervene.

A report of three Christian aid workers being killed by the Taliban in Pakistan has yet to be confirmed and could be false.

Frank Page, president-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, encourages Baptists to be "giant killers" by having a renewed "belief in the power of the Lord God Almighty."

The nominee for North American Mission Board president voices his heart for church planting and adoption.

Family relocates to Hungry Horse, Mont., from Georgia in order to share their faith through Canyon Baptist Church.

Columnist Adam Groza says Christians should have no part of Mixed Martial Arts or the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Three Christian aid workers were found dead in Pakistan after being kidnapped by members of the Pakistani Taliban.

The number of illegal immigrants who enter the United States each year fell in the last decade, helping the total population of illegal immigrants level off and possibly decline, according to new estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded to Republican primary opponent Joe Miller Aug. 31, one week after Alaskans shocked the political world by voting for a newcomer over a veteran politician who has frustrated the pro-life community over the years.

The presidential search committee of the North American Mission Board's trustees has unanimously nominated Kevin Ezell, senior pastor of Louisville's Highview Baptist Church.

A New York congregation has seen its numbers and ministries increase since maintaining its commitment to Southern Baptists' Cooperative Program channel of missions support.

Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 3.70 percent below the same time frame last year.