When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

WASHINGTON (ABP) – A new Gallup poll shows that, while personal measures of religious sentiment have remained fairly high among Americans, their membership in houses of worship continues a long decline and they increasingly believe that religion is losing influence…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Judging from end-of-year assessments published in the last few days, there seems fairly universal agreement among close observers of faith and public life that the biggest religion story of 2010 in this country was also the biggest…

AIZAWL, India (ABP) — A Baptist leader and educator is poised to break barriers as the first woman ordained as a pastor by a Christian denomination in her northeast Indian state. The Telegraph of Calcutta reported that leaders in the…

CARROLLTON, Ga. (ABP) — Two decades after declaring victory in the war over biblical inerrancy, Southern Baptists are battling about booze.  Seeking to remain relevant in today's culture, many Baptists have abandoned former taboos against social activities like dancing and…