Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

When I was giving birth to our first child, one of the nurses asked my husband how he was doing, since he was just standing there, having nothing to do but watch me struggle through labor. My husband, who would…

In the Dec. 6 ABP article “Leaders at Texas conference join McKissic's call for more freedom,” the following quote in the 18th paragraph should be attributed to Benjamin Cole, not Wade Burleson: “It's not about the public use of speaking…

DALLAS (ABP) — Two formerly homeless Dallasites found food and shelter through a Baptist church — and much more. They found each other, found a new life together in Christ, and now have found a way to bless others less…

DALLAS (ABP) — Recent sex scandals among Catholic and evangelical leaders are prompting renewed calls for action against clergy sexual abuse. But with research indicating such abuse is more prevalent among clergy — including Baptists — than other counseling professionals,…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In a year when President Bush's “faith-based initiative” faced considerable public-relations challenges, it also continued to raise challenging legal and institutional questions, according to a new report from an independent group. In the past year, the White…

CHISINAU, Moldova (ABP) — Moldovan Baptist leaders recently joined forces with Baptist women from the United States to confront a subject that is still taboo among some Christians there: the sex trade in poor parts of Eastern Europe. Alabama-based Global…

WACO, Texas (ABP) — Baylor University has reversed plans to publish a book about its recent history, following criticism of the work's depiction of recent disputes at the world's largest Baptist school. Critics dismissed the work as essentially a defense…

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Pastors and other Baptist leaders at a Dec. 5 roundtable discussion voted unanimously to request Southern Baptist Convention officials to reconsider restrictive policies regarding speaking in tongues. The 100-plus pastors and laypeople who attended the half-day…

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP) — When 5,500 people die of AIDS every day, the need is not for charity but for justice, says Bono, and the church must do something about it. “That's a lot of our brothers and sisters…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The widow of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan has finally gotten what she said her husband would have wanted: A pagan religious symbol placed on his government-issued gravestone. Roberta Stewart, widow of Sgt. Patrick Stewart, saw…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court will, for the first time, hear a case directly related to President Bush's faith-based initiatives, his attempt to expand the government's ability to fund social services through churches and other religious charities. However, the…

UNEDITED NEWS RELEASE — BOILING SPRINGS, NC – Dr. Frank Bonner, president of Gardner-Webb University, provided the funds that made it possible for a team of divinity students to travel to the Gulf Coast this fall semester. Ten people participated…