Why you should care about the Second Baptist Houston lawsuit

A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...

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CBS News to focus on Burmese refugees at Kentucky church

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – Media attention to this week’s groundbreaking visit to Myanmar by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will include a network news story featuring a Kentucky Baptist church that has become a spiritual home for resettled refugees in…

Churches help Occupy movement survive crackdowns, winter

Charitable giving up slightly but still ailing

Bethlehem’s Nativity Church to Get Overdue Repairs

Founding ABP board member Ardelle Clemons dies

Ardelle Clemons SAN ANTONIO, Texas (ABP) — Ardelle Clemons, a founding board member of Associated Baptist Press, died Nov. 26 after a long illness. She was 93. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, she…

Report: Michele Bachmann no longer attending Baptist church

LAKE ELMO, Minn. (ABP) – Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, who earlier this year withdrew her membership from a Lutheran church that received media attention for anti-Catholic teachings, now is reportedly a former Baptist. A New York Times article in July…

Supreme Court may weigh in on religious services in public schools

Profile of Megachurches: Young, White, Still Growing

Pope calls for responsible, credible climate deal

Catholics adjust to new translation of Mass liturgy

Ex-Houston pastor, professor James Riley dead at 9

Workplace Religious Discrimination Complaints Double Over 10 Years