Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — Maggie Lee Henson didn't live long enough to realize her dream of becoming a star on Broadway, but she took center stage in a memorial service celebrating her life Aug.6 at First Baptist Church in Shreveport,…

BALTIMORE (ABP) — A Baptist preacher will serve more than three years behind bars after admitting that he filed false documents to obtain a loan and didn't pay taxes on hundreds of thousands of dollars he profited while leading a…

SHREVEPORT, La. (ABP) — People from around the world who went online to read about and pray for a 12-year-old victim of a church-bus crash during the last three weeks of her life will also be able to watch her…

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (ABP) — Sponsors of an international gathering of conservative pro-family advocates in the Netherlands vowed they would not be intimidated after vandals painted obscenities and anti-Christian slogans on walls of the Amsterdam offices of the organization planning the…

EDE, Netherlands (ABP) — Despite a challenging financial outlook, Baptist World Alliance leaders have moved ahead with the election of a new division director, welcomed two additional member bodies and called for new initiatives in both intra-Baptist relations and Christian-Muslim…

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP) — Two months after passing a resolution unanimously praising the direction of the North American Mission Board and affirming President Geoff Hammond for "exemplary, unique leadership and vision," NAMB trustees will meet Aug. 11 to consider removing…

JACKSON, Miss. (ABP) — A July 12 rollover of a bus carrying a church youth group to a summer camp has claimed a second fatality. Maggie Lee Henson, 12, died Aug. 2 after a three-week battle with critical head injuries…