By Jeff Brumley Church isn’t the only institution Millennials are avoiding or abandoning in droves, new research by The Barna Group has found. The institution of marriage is increasingly shunned by younger Americans who in turn view sexuality as unconnected…
Judge OKs tax break for Ark park
By Bob Allen A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky officials were wrong to deny tax incentives worth $18 million to a Christian ministry building a theme park featuring a life-sized replica of Noah’s Ark. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van…
Advocates call out candidates for silence on mental health
By Bob Allen An American Baptist leader has joined an initiative to get presidential candidates talking about mental health. Curtis Ramsey-Lucas, director of interfaith engagement at the American Association of People with Disabilities, joined leaders of two other advocacy groups…
New study documents shifts in Latin American religious affiliation
By Jeff Brumley Latin America remains a mostly Catholic region and culture but its overall numbers have taken a huge dive during the past four decades or so, a new survey by the Pew Research Center has found. How steep…
Tale of evangelical sex scandal hits Washington newsstands
By Bob Allen The story behind a sex-abuse scandal at an evangelical megachurch near Washington, D.C., kept out of court by a statute of limitations, has hit newsstands in a long-form story in the Washingtonian, a monthly lifestyle magazine read…
Todd Starnes deplores evangelical attacks on Trump
By Bob Allen A Fox News personality who once worked for Baptist Press is taking exception to criticism of presidential candidate Donald Trump by evangelical leaders including the Southern Baptist Convention’s top spokesman for public policy concerns. Todd Starnes, the…
Kenyan earns her way to U.S. university to improve her ministry in Africa
By Chelsea White When asked about her work for orphans and children in poverty, the normally upbeat Rose Wasike pauses as tears fill her eyes. “My parents were very poor,” she said. “I was the third child out of 11,…
SBC leader joins Rubio advisory board
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist Convention leader has joined the Marco Rubio for President campaign on an advisory board concerning the dignity of human life. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., is among a…
RNC disinvites debate moderator after Trump takedown
Contributors to an online symposium on why conservatives shouldn’t support Donald Trump included SBC agency head Russell Moore. The Republican National Committee disinvited the National Review from moderating an upcoming pre-Super Tuesday debate after the conservative magazine carried an online symposium with…
Gender gap in clergy pay is ‘shameful,’ say some Baptist women
By Jeff Brumley Women clergy make a lot less money than their male counterparts, new federal statistics show — and a lot of women ministers are finding this disturbing. That was evident on the Baptist Women in Ministry Facebook page, where…
Government to post names of schools seeking Title IX waivers
By Bob Allen Colleges and universities requesting religious exemptions to federal non-discrimination standards will have their waivers posted online in a searchable database to be developed in coming months by the U.S. Department of Education. Catherine Lhamon, the Education Department’s…
Latino leader: Immigration reform cannot trump the sanctity of life
By Bob Allen The head of one of the nation’s largest Hispanic Christian organizations said Jan. 21 that Latino voters should not put the desire for immigration reform ahead of concern for the unborn. “I have a problem when we…