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Despite a cancer battle, North American Mission Board missionary Vivian McCaughan continues to minister in multihousing complexes throughout Missouri.
The planting of new churches is not keeping up with the growth of North America's population, Baptist leader says.
In an undated blog, Jerry Rankin, president of the International Mission Board, said Morris H. Chapman, president of the Executive Committee, does not believe the Great Commission is the purpose of the SBC.
Cohabitation is increasingly normative, a new study has found, but it also is harmful to future marriages.
Young adults today are considered less religious than previous generations, but a recent report shows Americans age 18 to 29 still remain traditional on a few religious beliefs.
Columnist Richard Holloman tells about his battle with homosexuality and how he found freedom through Christ.
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White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is accustomed to working in the shadows, but he now finds himself in newspaper stories.
A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.
House Democratic leaders on Monday refuted embattled Rep. Eric Massa's allegation that they want to get rid of him because of his opposition to health care legislation.
Progressive activists ratcheted up the pressure for health care reform Tuesday, picketing in front of a hotel where a group of insurance industry leaders were meeting.
Global financial reform is expected to top the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddles with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe's debt crisis.
President Obama tore into private health insurers for recent rate hikes Monday, taking a more aggressive rhetorical turn as he pushes for final congressional passage of his top domestic priority.
President Obama tapped a former Army general Monday to lead the Transportation Security Administration.
A small Kansas church that has gained nationwide attention for protesting loudly at funerals of U.S. service members will receive a Supreme Court hearing over free speech rights.
Julian Zelizer says the GOP, by digging in its heels and opposing the health care bill, is taking a risk that could be costlier than the party thinks.
Dozens of same-sex couples plan to marry in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, the first day that such unions will be legal in the nation's capital.