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  New poll examines African-American, Hispanic views on U.S. social issues

  Compared to Hispanic Americans, black Americans are far more likely to believe abortion should be legal in most circumstances, even when they personally reject the procedure as immoral.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Singer/ songwriter learns to count her blessings

  During a season of life filled with many trials, singer/songwriter Laura Story also experienced great joys and unexpected blessings.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Symposium to celebrate Clarence Jordan, Koinonia Farms

  July 29 would have been the 100th birthday of Clarence Jordan, a Southern Baptist minister—well known for his Cotton Patch Bible translation. A month-long celebration of his legacy kicks off Sept. 28-29 with the first-ever Clarence Jordan Symposium at Koinonia Farms, an interracial farming community he founded in Americus, Ga., 70 years ago this year.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Tyler ministry provides duffels for foster children

  Green Acres Church in Tyler's Duffels for HOPE collects bags—duffel bags 24 inches or longer, large backpacks or military bags—for foster children. The ministry also seeks to pack journals, small toys, stuffed animals, toiletries and other items in them.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  DBU honors community partners at luncheon

  Dallas Baptist University honored two organizations at its annual Community Partners Appreciation Luncheon. Two partners were honored for their significant contribution to the service-learning program at DBU.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Study examines diverse beliefs of Asian-Americans

  The most comprehensive study of religion and Asian-Americans to date finds them less religious than most Americans, but also far more religiously diverse.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  The American Bible collects the texts Americans argue about

  Stephen Prothero's book, The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide and Define a Nation, collects speeches, songs, books, letters, laws and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

• State Department highlights global religious restrictions in report

  Religious minorities continue to suffer loss of their rights across the globe, the U.S. State Department reported, citing a rise in blasphemy laws and restrictions on faith practices.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  On the Move

  Joseph Barrett to Central Church in Italy as pastor from First Church in Rochester.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest: Court upholds gun ban in church

  A federal appeals court has upheld Georgia's ban on bringing guns into places of worship. Jonathan Wilkins, a Baptist pastor, and a gun-rights group had argued church members should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools declined to reaffirm accreditation of Georgia Baptist-related Brewton-Parker College and placed the school on probation.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Contagious Dallas, a conference led by Mark Mittelberg, author of Becoming a Contagious Christian, will be held at First Church in Duncanville Sept. 9-10.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator