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Iowans suffer widespread flooding. Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are placed on alert.

A unique electronic database amassing a wealth of information for scholars regarding ancient biblical manuscripts is emerging from nine years of painstaking research at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has acquired a significant new tool for research for the four Gospels -- a facsimile of the Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (Purple Codex).

A "Worship at The Wharf" concert is part of an initiative to help churches on the Alabama Gulf Coast aid people in need.

Columnist Alan Sears, president of the Alliance Defense Fund, tells how the Prop 8 ruling impacts all Americans.

Columnist Erich Bridges says unlike what is presented in "Inception," it's not difficult to plan an idea in someone's mind.

Unprecedented flooding in an area of Pakistan where people already struggle with great tragedy and hardship has prompted a Southern Baptist disaster relief response.

Here's how gifts to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund and the General Relief Fund are helping survivors of the devastating floods in Pakistan.

Rifqa Bary, the teenager who ran away from her Muslim parents after converting to Christianity, is free from the court battle that plagued her for more than a year because she turned 18 years old Aug. 10.

"Great Expectations" -- an online Sunday School training event sponsored by LifeWay Christian Resources -- drew an estimated viewership of 10,000-12,000 people around the world.

Sunday School leaders are introduced to the Transformational Church project of LifeWay Christian Resources, drawn from research involving 7,000 churches.

Kim Foreman, a pastor's wife from San Lorenzo, Calif., died Aug. 3 of injuries sustained during an automobile crash in Rwanda, where she was serving as a missions volunteer.

Columnist Chuck Bentley says money should not be the primary emphasis in finding one's life calling.

Heather Mercer, who was held captive by the Taliban for 105 days nine years ago, said the aid workers who were killed recently in Afghanistan were a picture of what it means to give a life for a forgotten people.

Nearly 50 percent of likely voters back the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on open homosexual military service, according to a new poll that conflicts with other surveys that show far lower support.

Jill Jones, associate professor of graduate education in Liberty University's school of education, and her 16-year-old son Nicholas ("Niko") were killed in a three-car crash Aug. 8.

Traffic crash kills California Baptist University coach and two others; 12 student athletes injured.

Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga., and immediate past president of the SBC, has extended his leave of absence from the church through mid-September, citing physical and emotional exhaustion.

Columnist Keith Manuel gives tips for beginning a conversation about Christ.

Ten workers affiliated with the Christian aid group International Assistance Mission were murdered in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan after providing eye care to people living in a remote area.