Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — A friendly debate about the Bible, human sexuality and the church’s response to the advance of gay rights during the Baptist World Alliance’s recent annual gathering revealed differences between some in the developing world and some…

MARSHALL, Texas (ABP) — A pastor active in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has resigned from his church amid allegations that he sent inappropriate e-mails to a woman who once attended the congregation. The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office in Shreveport, La.,…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Exactly one year to the day after honoring Cecil Sherman with its Religious Freedom Award in a private presentation in a Houston hospital room where the prominent Baptist leader was fighting for his life, Associated Baptist…

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — The head of the Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board and three top associates resigned during a called meeting of the agency's board of trustees Aug. 11. Geoff Hammond Trustees convened the special meeting after…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — A Georgia pastor with close ties to the moderate Baptists has been elected president of the Center for Congregational Health, a non-denominational ministry that provides consultants and trained leaders to help churches become “healthier communities of…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Baptists cannot deal with immigration biblically and ethically until they understand a basic stewardship principle: everything — including the privilege of living in a particular country — is a gift from God, said a panelist in…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Baptists cannot deal with immigration biblically and ethically until they understand a basic stewardship principle: everything — including the privilege of living in a particular country — is a gift from God, said a panelist in…

NORMAN, Okla. (ABP) — Just as God used Nehemiah to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem after the Jews returned from exile, God also will use his people today to rebuild and repair brokenness in society, said Major Jemison, pastor of…