White conservative Christian men are rising up all over the nation to take their place at the top of their families, churches and communities. We’re witnessing their rise to power through the Rededicate 250 events where men like Mark Driscoll called on...
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship advocacy specialist criticized a federal banking agency’s plan to roll back Obama-era restrictions on short-term, high-interest loans that many Americans view as predatory.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Richard Bowling, to Gayton Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., as worship arts pastor. He comes from Shoreline Church,…
By Blake Tommey When Tokyo pastor Kei Jokura announced his plans for the final Sunday of Advent, he prepared his congregation for a singular experience. Carson and Laura Foushee, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel serving in Tokyo, would be sharing…
As the nation’s largest Protestant denomination faces a rare leadership vacuum at the top of two of its agencies and two of its seminaries , questions have arisen about whether recent statements committing to diversity will be reflected in hiring…
The founder of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews overcame longstanding tensions and brought in $140 million a year for Holy Land projects.
The attorney representing a man suing Judge Paul Pressler says he will appeal the case if all remaining claims are dismissed. A court hearing is tentatively set for April.
The Western Recorder, Kentucky Baptists’ newspaper of record since 1825, will move from an agency of the Kentucky Baptist Convention to merge with the state convention’s in-house communications department beginning in March. Last week’s vote by the Western Recorder board…
The Wake Forest University School of Divinity has welcomed former Obama Administration official Melissa Rogers back to its faculty. Her hiring was announced Jan. 30 on the Divinity School web site. Rogers rejoins the institution as a visiting professor and…
Ministers may not like the present reality of how people communicate, but it is the present reality. If we opt out of social media, we remove our voices from the conversation and fail to be informed about what others are doing and saying.
Baylor researcher: “If you believe in a harsher form of hell, you’re pretty sure you’re not going there.”
This is an old debate. Bible reading in schools was among the first social issues to split American Protestants into competing liberal and conservative camps.
The Virginia state senate on Monday passed a bill that would allow Bible teaching in public high schools.
