When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — Leaders of the Baptist World Alliance rejoiced at Myanmar's release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest and expressed hope that the act represents a symbolic gesture signaling greater freedoms for people…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama and both the Democratic and Republican parties all face tough questions from faith-based voters going into the 2012 election cycle, a new survey on religion and the 2010 midterm elections suggests. The Public Religion Research Institute released results…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Edgar Cooper, editor emeritus of the Florida Baptist Witness, died Nov. 14 at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. He was one day shy of his 92nd birthday. Edgar Cooper Cooper, a pastor for two decades…

TULSA, Okla. (ABP) — Warren Hultgren, whose sense of humor and compassionate care endeared him to generations of Oklahomans as pastor of Tulsa’s First Baptist Church, died Nov. 14, according to church officials. He was 89. Warren Hultgren, in an…

KELLER, Texas (ABP) — In an increasingly connected world where “religion is furiously alive,” the matter of how people of faith can live with their deep differences assumes growing importance, social critic and author Os Guinness told a Texas Baptist…

CLEVELAND (ABP) — Dennis Norris, who led American Baptists in the Cleveland metropolitan area from 1987 to 2005, died Nov. 5. He was 75. Dennis Norris, in an undated photo from his seminary days. (Courtesy Norris family) “Our hearts are…

ALBANY, Ga. (ABP) – For the second year in a row, the Georgia Baptist Convention has withdrawn fellowship from one of its most historic member churches for calling a woman as pastor. Geogia Baptists have declared a second church led…