As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...
An investigation has found that Word of Faith Fellowship used its two church branches in Latin America’s largest nation to siphon a steady flow of young laborers to its 35-acre compound in rural North Carolina.
In a 21-10 vote, the Texas Senate gave its backing to a bill that would regulate bathroom use in schools and buildings overseen by cities and counties and nix parts of local nondiscrimination ordinances.
Our times call for fresh thinking on the economics of ministry, which is a constellation of issues. Educational debt, ministry compensation, rising health care costs, diminished congregations and a culture of credit all conspire to make the question “can the church and the ministry afford each other” more challenging.
Steve Chalke says in a new video resource that the message that humans are inherently bad isn’t the only way to interpret the story of Adam and Eve’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden as told in Genesis 3.
In many places, evangelicals and Catholics are competing for the same souls. I can’t seem to get anyone interested in talking about evangelical proselytization of lapsed Catholics. But I’m surprised it’s not more of a strain on their “surprising ecumenism.”
Research shows the men most likely to abuse their wives are evangelical Christians who attend church sporadically. Church leaders say they abhor abuse. But advocates say the church is not just failing to address it but enabling and concealing it.
A host of Christian leaders, from South Carolina Pastor Mark Burns to Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., have been taking to Twitter and releasing statements voicing support for Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
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According to a new report, 2.1 billion people around the world have no access to clean water in their home. And the task of providing water for households falls disproportionately to women and girls, especially in rural areas.
Audiofeed, a Christian rock and metal festival, reflects a surprising cross section of believers, incredibly loud music and a serious rock attitude.
A new book reveals the persistent habit of secular journalists to see evangelicals chiefly as monolithic political actors who only become visible (and relevant) every election cycle.
“Party members should not have religious beliefs … Party members should be firm Marxist atheists, obey Party rules and stick to the Party’s faith … they are not allowed to seek value and belief in religion.”
