The Southern Baptist Convention's public policy entity called March 11 for opponents of a health-care bill to contact their representatives immediately as Congress moves toward what may be decisive action on the controversial legislation. more >>

One of the nation's most liberal federal courts cited the Founding Fathers Thursday in ruling that teacher-led recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools -- with the phrase "under God" -- is constitutional. more >>

Michael Allen, a North American Mission Board worker, ministers at Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago, meeting needs of homeless people and interacting with government officials. more >>

Georgia pastor Bryant Wright will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Florida pastor announced March 12. more >>

Accountability is woven into Cooperative Agreements between the North American Mission Board and state convention partners. more >>

Leaders of smaller Baptist conventions in new work areas say their conventions could cease to exist if the report of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force is adopted without any changes by messengers to the June 15-16 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, Fla. more >>

The Texas State Board of Education turned back some controversial revisions to social studies standards in meetings March 10-12. more >>

Police in central Nigeria have arrested about 200 people following the March 7 massacre in which as many as 500 Christians were murdered in nighttime raids by ethnic Fulani Muslims. more >>

A court in Lahore, Pakistan, has granted bail to a wealthy Muslim lawyer accused of the Jan. 22 torture, rape and murder of his 12-year-old domestic servant, Shazia Bashir. more >>

Columnist Kelly Boggs says abusing the Senate procedure of reconciliation is wrong, not matter which party does it. more >>