Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

DALLAS (ABP) — The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board has granted the state convention’s treasurer permission to tap up to $2.5 million in emergency-reserve funds this year. Chief Financial Officer Jill Larsen reported Texas Cooperative Program receipts in…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — They might seem like unlikely allies, but booze peddlers and Southern Baptists are teaming up in opposition to proposed legislation that would allow the sale of wine in grocery and convenience stores in Tennessee.  Currently Tennessee…

NEW YORK (ABP) — The nation’s two largest Christian denominations are experiencing slight but statistically significant membership declines, according to the latest edition of the National Council of Churches’ Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches. Released Feb. 23, the 77th…

Third Baptist Church is in St. Louis’ Grand Center district, which boasts 12,000 theater seats, 12 galleries and museums and more than 1,500 cultural events each year.ST. LOUIS, Mo. — With 12,000 theater seats, 12 galleries and museums and more…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could lead to the first major church-state decision under the panel’s current makeup. The justices announced Feb. 23 they would hear Salazar v. Buono (No. 08-472). The…

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) — Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, which celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2009, is turning heads with a new eco-friendly building addition that eases overcrowding, allows for expanded missions and establishes a strong architectural presence along a prominent…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — If ever there were an archetypal hangout for what author and urban-studies theorist Richard Busboys and Poets offers affordable gourmet meals and a performance venue to edgy artists, sells books on political topics and provides a chic…

MOSCOW (ABP) — Russian Baptists denounced the injection of religion into politics after a bogus newspaper circulated in a mayoral race falsely identified a candidate as a Baptist in an effort to besmirch his character. According to Internet reports, a…

Urban churches reach out to the ‘creative class’ with edgy art, ancient traditions.RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Lights strung from a sanctuary’s ceiling at Epiphany. Art galleries and exhibits. Bicycle repair seminars. Cafes and coffee houses. Worship gatherings in downtown music…