A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...
The head the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm says there’s no gun control policy outlined in the Bible. So the SBC isn’t taking a position, even after 26 members of an SBC church were murdered in their own sanctuary.
Most attacks at houses of worship aren’t really about religion, experts say. And even with the steady rise of shootings and hate crimes, spiritual sanctuaries remain among the more secure spots to spend a Sunday morning.
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A typical small-town Southern Baptist church in Texas became the scene of the fifth-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history Nov. 5, when a gunman interrupted Sunday morning worship with gunshots from a military-style rifle, killing at least 26 people and wounding dozens more.
What am I going to do? I am going to continue my own education so that I can help to change the pervasive narrative in our country that allows white men in good conscience to keep doing exactly what they’re…
The 400-plus-page bill includes changes that would codify the rights of unborn children and allow tax-exempt religious organizations to engage in political activities.
Can a church with a female pastor be Southern Baptist? A Tennessee Baptist Convention committee says “no.”
Emmanuel Ogunjumo’s empathy for the world’s spiritually and financially impoverished has inspired the creation of Christ Coin, which bills itself as the world’s first Christian cryptocurrency.
Jerry Falwell Jr. and the university have won their battles — from the struggle to survive to the fight for political prominence. But Falwell isn’t done fighting. The question now is where the president and university go from here.
Mosques in New Jersey are receiving terrifying voicemails, including death threats, after a driver plowed a truck into a bike path in lower Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring 12 others.
Staff changes, congregational news and more from across the nation.
A Baptist church-state specialist criticized the latest attempt by Republican lawmakers to weaken a part of tax law called the Johnson Amendment that prohibits tax-exempt charities including churches from taking sides in political campaigns.
