The Southern Baptist Convention has lost nearly one-fourth of its members in the past two decades. The latest report from the SBC’s Lifeway Christian Resources shows total membership in SBC churches nationwide fell to 12,722,266 in 2024 — a loss…
Heritage Foundation leader sees Trump’s first 100 days as ‘glorious’
The American people “should be taking a victory lap” because of the success of President Donald Trump’s implementation of Project 2025, the head of the Heritage Foundation told National Public Radio April 30. In an interview with “All Things Considered”…
William Barber arrested for praying in Capitol Rotunda
Just days after President Donald Trump’s task force to fight anti-Christian bias held its first meeting, a prominent pastor was arrested for praying in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Pastor William Barber and two other people were arrested by…
Shirtless J6er spews white supremacist lies about Texas teen’s killing
White supremacists are attempting to make the tragic murder of a North Texas teenager about Black-on-white crime, and the grieving father of the white victim isn’t playing along. What began as a bizarre tragedy that made headlines all across the…
Mercer President Underwood will return to classroom next year
Trustees of Mercer University will begin the search for a new president, as William Underwood has announced he plans to return to his position as a tenured professor in the School of Law in 2026. Underwood has led the Baptist-affiliated…
Furman faculty say they won’t give in to outside pressure
As the Trump administration seeks to pressure universities such as Columbia and Harvard to abandon DEI and “woke” ideologies, the faculty of Furman University have laid down a line they will not cross. An April 23 statement from Furman’s Faculty…
Jane Roe case against Patterson and Southwestern will go to trial now
One key portion of Jane Roe’s defamation case against Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will go to trial, according to the latest filings in the federal case. In February, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on two questions of…
Houston lawsuit is a tale of pastoral succession, megachurch wealth and family dynasty
Pastoral succession, megachurch wealth and family dynasties combine in a lawsuit filed against Second Baptist Church of Houston and its leaders April 15. The Southern Baptist congregation is the 17th largest church in America, according to Outreach magazine, with average…
‘Anti-Christian bias’ task force focuses solely on grievances of evangelicals
The first meeting of the Trump administration’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias featured only conservative evangelicals complaining about alleged mistreatment by the Biden administration. According to a Department of Justice news release, the April 22 meeting led by Attorney…
Supreme Court hears case of parents wanting to opt out of story time
Should evangelical parents be allowed to opt-out their children’s participation in public school lessons they find objectionable, and how far should those objections be allowed to go? These are some of the key questions debated at the U.S. Supreme Court…
Indiana is latest state legislature asked to endorse Christianity
A bill in the Indiana House of Representatives calls on state government to acknowledge “the need for divine providence” and “submit its ways to the Lord Jesus Christ.” House Resolution 53 also declares the Indiana House of Representatives “is unified…
Trump’s attack on Harvard is Christian universities’ ‘worst nightmare’
The Trump administration’s attacks on Harvard are Christian universities’ “worst nightmare,” according to retired Christian university sociology professor John Hawthorne. What Trump and his allies are doing in demanding radical changes from Harvard could establish a precedent that could be…