Historical drama Pressure clears the air on speaking truth to power

DALLAS (ABP) — Lying in a hospital bed, Wilshire Baptist Church's pastor emeritus Bruce McIver told a close friend something he'd thought about for a long time. “Two months before he died, we talked about his desire to see more…

ATLANTA (ABP) — Charles Ray, a long-time Little Rock, Ark., resident, has been named the first coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's U.S.-based disaster response team. He'll begin his new position Jan. 1, 2007. The two-year position was created through…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The man who may cast the deciding vote in the Supreme Court's first major abortion cases in six years tipped his hand little during oral arguments Nov. 8. Justice Anthony Kennedy asked a cascade of highly technical…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (ABP) — Voters in South Dakota overturned the nation's most stringent abortion ban Nov. 7 — 55 percent to 45 percent. Supporters of the ban had hoped to use it to challenge the 33-year-old Roe v. Wade…

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (ABP) — Voters in Missouri Nov. 7 narrowly approved a constitutional amendment protecting stem-cell research in the state, causing opponents to cite deception and propaganda as the reason for their loss. Preliminary results show the amendment passed…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Gay-rights supporters and opponents both claimed victory after the Nov. 7 midterm elections, with voters in seven states approving gay-marriage bans and Arizona becoming the first state in the country to reject such an amendment. Although 27…

Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Senate candidate Jim Webb, D-Va., addresses his supporters after watching election day results in Vienna, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006. WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Bush extended Democrats a rhetorical olive branch Nov. 8, just hours after the…

If you've never been to a “McDonald's Night,” consider yourself lucky. Now in theory, this is a “win-win” proposition: a fundraiser for my children's school and a night out of the kitchen. It has never been truer, alas, that the…

DALLAS (ABP) — Georgetown College President Bill Crouch has announced plans to revive the spirit of Bishop College, a historically black school that closed in Dallas in 1988. Crouch's plans, centered in the proposed Bishop Center for African-American Ministry, aim…

VENTURA, Calif. (ABP) — If a recent survey is correct, there is a bigger generation gap between Baby Boomers and Baby Busters than most people care to admit, especially when it comes to opinions about sex. According to recent research…

UNEDITED NEWS RELEASE — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Feeling the smooth, wooden handle of his mallet, Abu San diligently taps it onto a small carving tool cutting the leather in a circle. As he shows his fellow Indonesian workers how it's…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (ABP) — After initial denials and changing stories, Ted Haggard has admitted to unspecified acts of “sexual immorality” and been fired as pastor of a prominent Colorado megachurch. He also was removed as the president of the…