John Morkli has a dream. “The vision is to get a movement to send the gospel to every corner of Ghana and Togo,” said the 49-year-old preacher and businessman.
Born-Again Hope in a Time of Lizard-Brain Fear
Have you ever said something and then, moments later, cringed with shame as you replayed it in your mind? If so, you’ll know the sort of feeling I had a couple weeks ago.
Amid higher threat levels, Jewish communities lean on $130 million initiative to bolster security
When Haya Varon relocated to Houston from Mexico City more than four decades ago, she felt like she was moving to a safer place. As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor who had lost most of his family to Nazi…
Search committee asks Texas Baptists to pray daily
The Baptist General Convention of Texas executive director search committee is asking Texas Baptists to pray daily for their work in the months ahead.
New PAC forms to target anti-LGBTQ candidates
A new liberal super PAC is launching to defeat anti-LGBTQ candidates in the midterms and beyond.
A saint for our time: New documentary on Mother Teresa premieres at the Vatican
A new documentary depicting the life and legacy of Mother Teresa, the Albanian-Indian nun canonized in 2016 who was known for her charitable and spiritual work with the poorest in society, premiered at the Vatican movie theater on Wednesday (Aug….
Stop Applauding Pastors Who Publicly Confess Their Sins
Yesterday, I finished a 17-year ministry at Southern Hills Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa. Our attendance was the highest it’s been in a long time. I did what I’ve done week after week, Sunday after Sunday, since August 28,…
Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial
The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of the first Nazi deportation of Jewish families from Germany to Auschwitz.
US argues Supreme Court shouldn’t review Dylann Roof case
Dylann Roof’s death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should be upheld and don’t merit review by the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for the federal government wrote in a filing Wednesday.
The Dangers Of Celebrity In The Church: Q&A With Katelyn Beaty
With each new megachurch leader flashed across national news for financial scandals, abuses and promiscuity, it is easy to become skeptical of evangelicalism entirely. But what causes dynamic pastors to abuse their power?
Faith-based and other relief efforts underway to assist Pakistan flood victims
Faith-based and other relief services are raising funds and providing emergency assistance to families in Pakistan, where record-breaking floods are estimated to have killed and injured thousands of people and destroyed large parts of the country, including homes and farmland….
Texas School District Rejects ‘In God We Trust’ Signs In Arabic And Rainbow Font
Under a new law, Texas public schools must display posters that say “In God We Trust” if they are donated to a campus. But when a parent offered signs written in Arabic and rainbow colors, they were rejected.